Saint Nicholas is one of the most popular of all Saints in the East, and there are countless stories that tell of his generosity and intercession for children, especially children who are poor, orphaned, subject to abuse or kidnapped; all of the poor; sailors and those at sea; those who have been falsely accused or imprisoned; lawyers; pharmacists; shoemakers; merchants; woodcarvers – and thieves! His relics repose in the Italian port city of Bari, at the opposite end of the Mediterranean Sea from his old eparchy, Myra, in Turkey. His bones still give off myrrh, a crystalline substance that pours out and is collected in small bottles.