On Wednesday, December 6, Catholics and Orthodox believers celebrate St. Nicholas. This night, the Saint visits people’s houses, leaving presents and candies in children’s shoes and stockings. The tradition of giving gifts in this night comes from the old legend in which St. Nicholas helped three poor girls, by offering them three bags of golden coins for dowry. He did it secretly, at night, so that nobody saw him. Since then, each St. Nicholas night, children receive presents from the Saint, who always remains unseen. According to the clergymen, Saint Nicholas was born in Patara town, which was situated in the province of Lycia, in Asia Minor. Ever since he was very young, people started to believe that he was chosen by God, because he did things they deemed as miracles. After his parents died, Nicholas left all his wealth to the poor. Later he founded the Mira monastery, travelled to Jerusalem and did many miracles. St. Nicholas finally retired to his monastery where he was buried on December 6, 352. Short time after that, the news was spread that his grave brings about unction, and Christians from all over the world had been making pilgrimages to his tomb, receiving treatment from incurable diseases. After the town of Mira had been conquered by Turks, the relics of the Saint were brought to the city of Bari in South Italy and they are still there. Since the XIX century, the right hand of the St. Nicholas lays at the “Sfantul Gheorghe Nou” church in Bucharest. St. Nicholas is the protector of Greece, Russia, many cities from Eastern Europe, and many families, as well as one of the most popular saints of the Christianity.