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The Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari is a religious and folk holiday among the East Slavs and to a lesser extent the South Slavs and Eastern Romance peoples. It celebrated on May 9 each year. It commemorates the translation (movement) of the relics Saint Nicholas from Myra from present-day Turkey to Bari on the Italian Peninsula to save them from the Turks[citation needed] who were persecuting Christians and destroying churches and holy objects.
