Chaos has broken out a bari after theft at night, at 4, inside Basilica of San Nicola where what was in the hands of the statue was stolen holy: the book with three silver balls and a silver cross with some gems, a gold ring with some stones, a reliquary necklace and the contents of the sacrificial boxes. The statue was confiscated for any police inquiries and this morning March 22 when some Ukrainian women they had come pray to Saint Nicholas for their relatives war the case has broken out.
Ksenia, 51, arrived in Italy five days ago fleeing the war while her husband stayed Mariupol battle. Her friend Irina, on the other hand, is from Naples, where she has been living for some time, while her two daughters and two grandchildren are in Mariupol. For her, from whom she has not heard since March 9, St. Nicholas came to pray this morning.
“My daughter went out that day to look for a phone and called me she tearfully tells Ansa then they bombed the women’s hospital and I haven’t been able to reach her since.” The two women made their decision today , because “it is like that in Ukraine the feast of the 40 saints and we wanted to pray in the crypt of San Nicola to protect our loved ones”.
in the same place in front of the entrance to the basilicaThere is a’other statue St. Nicholas, donated years ago by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the city of Bari. “We don’t even want to go near this statue because Putin gave it away, he’s killing our families and destroying our cities,” they shouted.
