St. Nicholas Church, Demre Turkey. The work has revealed some of the northern section of the monastery complex, and also the small chapels around the nave, one of which notably contains vibrant frescoes detailing the life and miracles of the saint, and a desecrated sarcophagus which is thought to be the original burial place from which his remains were forcibly translated to Bari in 1087. The Orthodox Liturgy is occasionally celebrated in the church on 6 December. St. Nicholas Church, Demre St. Nicholas Church is a museum and an ancient Byzantine Church located in modern-day town of Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey. Its usage is
Saint Nicholas paintings, tapestries, and frescoes. Eventually, the scene became so widely reproduced that, rather than showing the whole scene, artists began to merely depict Saint Nicholas with three naked children and a wooden barrel at his feet. According to English, eventually, people who had forgotten or never learned the story began misinterpreting representations of it. The fact that Saint Nicholas was shown with children led people to conclude he was the patron saint of children; meanwhile, the fact that he was shown with a barrel led people to conclude that he was the patron saint of brewers. According to another story,