page_title: Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari
hierarchical_section_title: Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari
caption_attribution_description: Tombe of Saint Nicolas, Bari, Italy
context_page_description: The Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari is a religious and folk holiday among the East Slavs and, to a lesser extent, the South Slavs and Eastern Romance peoples. It is celebrated on May 9 each year. For Old Calendar churches, May 9 falls on May 22 of the New Calendar. The feast commemorates the translation of the relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari, on the Italian Peninsula, to save them from the Turks, who were persecuting Christians and destroying churches and holy objects. To this day, the relics remain at the Basilica of Saint Nicholas.
context_section_description: The Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari is a religious and folk holiday among the East Slavs and, to a lesser extent, the South Slavs and Eastern Romance peoples. It is celebrated on May 9 each year. For Old (Julian) Calendar churches, May 9 falls on May 22 of the New (Gregorian) Calendar. The feast commemorates the translation (movement) of the relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra (in present-day Turkey) to Bari, on the Italian Peninsula, to save them from the Turks, who were persecuting Christians and destroying churches and holy objects. To this day, the relics remain at the Basilica of Saint Nicholas.
caption: The tomb of Saint Nicholas in Bari, as it appears today.
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