Today's American Minute — Saint Nicholas & Origins of Secret Gift-Giving!
Saint Nicholas & Origins of Secret Gift-Giving! - American Minute with Bill Federer
Saint Nicholas & Origins of Secret Gift-Giving!
Greek Orthodox tradition tells of Saint Nicholas being born around AD 280, the only child of a wealthy, elderly couple who lived in Patara, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) ... He generously gave to the poor, but he did so anonymously, as he wanted the glory to go to God. About this time, in the 3rd century, the pietist-monastic movement spread, where sincere converts to Christianity would give away all their money and possessions, then withdraw from the world to live in a cave as a hermit or join a monastery ...
