St. Nicholas, up close and personal

Posted on 6 December 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today is the Feast of St. Nicholas.

At the snowy Sabine Farm there is a relic of this great saint in the chapel.

There are several relics in this old reliquary.

Here we have St. Nicholas, St. Blaise, St. Joachim, St. Ann and St. Paul, Apostle.

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6 Responses to St. Nicholas, up close and personal

  1. Tina in Ashburn says:
    6 December 2008 at 10:50 am

    How wonderful! And lovely to behold.
    I chuckle thinking of a very ancient reliquary of my mother’s that contains several saints’ remains. Each is surrounded by Latin descriptions. In the very center, around some white dust is “Mary’s milk”. Makes you wonder…:-) Alas, there is no accompanying paperwork to verify the other relics.

  2. Richard Cox says:
    6 December 2008 at 7:36 pm

    What are the five names?

  3. JW says:
    7 December 2008 at 11:32 pm

    I was wondering if someone could please answer this question for me – how do you pronounce St. Joachim’s name (in English)? I have never heard anyone say his name before, even though I have read it many times. Many thanks in advance.

  4. Geoffrey says:
    8 December 2008 at 1:15 am

    JW,

    I’ve heard it a variety of ways, most notably: “Jo-a-kim” and “Jo-kim”… I’m not sure which one, if either, is correct!

  5. Martin_B says:
    8 December 2008 at 2:36 am

    The german pronounciation is “Jo – a – chim”.

    With the “Jo” pronounced like the “yo” in “yoga”
    the “a” like in “target”
    the “ch” as in the scottish “loch”,
    and the “i” as the “e” in “e-mail”.

  6. JW says:
    8 December 2008 at 10:45 pm

    Thanks for the help! My first inclination was, for some reason, to pronounce the “J” with a “y” sound (Yo-Keem), but then I thought maybe it was “Jo-kim” (I asked someone else to pronounce it and it came out “Jo-kum”).