As I pointed out in my post to elenil, there are many stories and legends surrounding these bones. We were not there. We do not know the facts; there is no documentation. We only know what we have been told. And that, dear friend, is the honest truth. As for respect, we know for a fact that these bones of St. Nicholas have been treated with great respect by the residents of Bari and shown utter reverence over all these years. Do you know otherwise?
You need to focus.
The Article is full of factual errors. Whether deliberate or not only their conscience will decide that.
Second, any relics of Saint Nicholas whether in Bari or in the fake museum in Demre must be returned to the beloved care of the Orthodox faithful since they were stolen from their place of origin and that place of origin AT PRESENT no longer exists.
It is time to do the right thing.
“As for respect, we know for a fact that these bones of St. Nicholas have been treated with great respect by the residents of Bari and shown utter reverence over all these years. Do you know otherwise? “
They were stolen by thieves and turned over to the Roman Church. The Roman Catholic thieves showed no respect for The Faith, the evil mitred thieves they turned the relics over to showed no respect and continue to show no respect by retaining the stolen relics. Whatever reverence the co-religionists of the thieves have shown is neither here nor there. Thieves and their supporters often show reverence for their ill gotten booty. Look at the British! In the present case, the Pope himself, since he could order the return of these Orthodox relics and the hundreds of others held in Roman Catholic churches and monasteries tomorrow if he wanted to, must be considered as guilty as the ravening wolves from the West who originally stole them.