{"id":44,"date":"2015-07-19T21:22:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T21:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/?p=44"},"modified":"2015-07-19T21:22:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T21:22:07","slug":"where-is-saint-nicholas-really-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/07\/19\/where-is-saint-nicholas-really-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Saint Nicholas really from ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is\u00a0 weird that when I asked a few friends where St Nicholas was from, almost everyone told me that either he comes from Lapland\/Finland or that he is fictional, and thus comes from somewhere near the North Pole, according to fiction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">However, it seems that the truth was a bit different, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I was somewhere in Turkey and came across this ancient church ruin. Now, this is where Saint Nicholas is really from !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150622_153927.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150622_153927-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150622_153927\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150622_153927-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150622_153927-1024x577.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The local bus stops have pictures of the &#8220;modern day santa &#8220;!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150624_111045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150624_111045-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150624_111045\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150624_111045-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150624_111045-1024x577.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The inside of the church is shown below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150622_154319.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150622_154319-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150622_154319\" width=\"411\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150622_154319-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150622_154319-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.lukechua.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150622_154319.jpg 1840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is\u00a0 weird that when I asked a few friends where St Nicholas was from, almost everyone told me that either he comes from Lapland\/Finland or that he is fictional, and thus comes from somewhere near the North Pole, according to fiction. 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