December 6 (old calendar) / December 19 (new)

December 6 (old calendar) / December 19 (new) Nativity Fast St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (ca. 345). St Maximus (1280). SAINT NICHOLAS Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia is famed as a great saint pleasing unto God. He was born in the city of Patara in the region of Lycia (on the south coast of the Asia Minor peninsula), and was the only son