Me he mea lā i kēia makahiki e kākau nā keiki i kā lākou mau hana maikaʻi a makemake i nā makanaʻaʻole i ka hale Santa Claus ma Rovaniemi, akā i ke kūlanakauhale Turkish o Demre -ʻo ia ka hale lua o Saint Nicholas.
Ua hōʻikeʻia e ka poʻe noiʻi uaʻike lākou he halepule a ua kanuʻia ma lalo o ka halepule o St. Nicholas i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Demre, i kūkuluʻia ma luna o nā kuapo o ke kūlanakauhale Lycian kahiko o Myra, kahi eʻike ai nā mea a pau,ʻo ka Mea Hanohano Wonderfuler i noho i ke kenekuliaʻekolu o ko kākou au!
I kēia lā,ʻo ka Church of St. Nicholas i kēia manawa Demre ka mea nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka "bait", a he wahi nui no kahi pilikiano o nā Karistiano.
No kaʻoi aku o nā makahiki he 20, ua aʻo nā kālaihonua i kēia wahi me ka hoʻohanaʻana i kaʻikepili me ka radar. A i kēia lā, i ka kokokeʻana o ka hana, loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mea e haʻi.
"E hiki mākou i ka'āina a loaʻa paha kahi kino o St. Nicholas," wahi a Kemila Karabayim, ka luna o kaʻoihana o geodesy a me nā monuments ma Antalya i ka nupepa Turkish newspaperʻo Hurriyet. "Ua pōmaikaʻi mākou no ka aneane hikiʻole keʻaeʻia ka luakini a hikiʻole keʻaeʻia i nā papa pōhaku. I kēia manawa, ua paʻakikī ka hikiʻana i laila no ka mosaic ma ka papahele, kahi a mākou eʻimi nei i kahi'āpana ... "
E like me ia iʻikeʻia i kēia lā, ma hope o kona makeʻana, kanuʻiaʻo St. Nicholas i kahi halepule ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Myra (Demre) i ka makahiki 345 AD. ʻO ka hapa nui o kāna mau moho i 1087 mai ka moʻomeheu Seljukid o Turkish i laweʻia e ka poʻe kalepa Italia a laweʻia aku i Bari (aia nō ia i ka Basilica o St. Nicholas), a ua hopuʻia he wahi liʻiliʻi e nā Venetian i ka wā i hana muaʻia ai ka pahupapaʻu mua a lawe iā lākou i Venice, kahi ma ka moku. Ua kūkuluʻo Lido i ka halepule o St. Nicholas.
Ua'ōleloʻo Turkish archaeologists,ʻo nā relic a pau iʻikeʻia,ʻo ia ke koena o kahi kahunapule iʻikeʻoleʻia, aʻaʻoleʻo ia he kahuna hemolele. A ma keʻano he hōʻailona, e hōʻike i nā palapala i loaʻa ma kēia pūnaewele, akā i hala hope aku ma hope o kaʻaihueʻana i loko o ka halepule.
A inā ma ka wā e hiki mai ana e hōʻike nei lākou i ka honua a lākou e loaʻa ai,ʻo nā Kristiano o ka honua holoʻokoʻa e loaʻa i kahi mea'ē aʻe'ē aʻe, aʻo nā kamaliʻi kahi kahi kūpono no nā leka i kā lākouʻOihana Hana Mira i alohaʻia!