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Tomb of Original Saint Nicholas Reportedly Found"The tiling of the floor of the first church, on which Saint Nicholas walked, has been unearthed." -Osman Eravsar, chief of the cultural heritage preservation board in Antalya
More than 1,600 years ago, St. Nicholas was the Bishop of Myra, now Turkey. He was famous for anonymously giving gifts, the act of generosity that informed the immortalized, fictional character celebrated today during the Christmas season. The Byzantine church where St. Nicholas' tomb was purportedly found served as a house of worship for Orthodox Christians from the 5th century through the 12th century, according to the Daily Mail. The space is surrounded by statues of St. Nicholas. The discovery of the church's very existence is relatively new. It was reportedly only found in 2017. "The first church was submerged with the rise of the Mediterranean Sea, and some centuries later, a new church was built above," Osman Eravsar, chief of the cultural heritage preservation board in Antalya, told the Demirören News Agency last week. "Now we have reached the remains of the first church and the floor on which Saint Nicholas stepped." "The tiling of the floor of the first church, on which Saint Nicholas walked, has been unearthed," he added. According to The Irish Sun, archeologists from Turkey found the tomb roughly five feet under slabs of marble, which served as the floor of the Byzantine church...Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Continue reading here. 
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