OCHRID
Saints

Hierarch

Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Patara

December 6 Old CalendarDecember 19 New Calendar

Read December 6 in the Prologue

Life

The uncle of the great Saint Nicholas, who guided him to the spiritual life and ordained him a priest.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, December 6. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on December 6

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia HierarchHoly Martyr Nicholas Karaman MartyrSaint Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch Hierarch

The full reading for December 6 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

Open December 6 in the reader