St. Nicholas Church, located in Antalya, Turkey, is one of the most important art monuments of Byzantine art history and the most outstanding example of the Middle Byzantine Period with its architectural style and decorations. The respected religious personality of Saint Nicholas, who was born in Patara and served as a bishop in Myra in the second half of the 3rd century AD, enabled him to become a saint after his death. Later on, St. Nicholas was called St. Claus and thus a very popular and half religious icon was created by putting the two legends St. Nicholas and St. Claus together.