the philanthropic Greek bishop and inspiration behind Christmas icon Santa Claus. The six-foot-long limestone sarcophagus was found buried 6 feet deep within the two-story annex of St. Nicholas ...

Saint Nicholas was born in Lycia in Asia Minor ... and is thus associated with Santa Claus in some countries. He died on December 6th in 346.

he prayed to St. Nicholas when his father was seriously ill in the 1950s. When a cure came, Father Marquis’ devotion to the saint was affirmed. As an adult, he long personified Santa Claus ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a chapel now, with a new stained-glass window.

Santa: The evolution of a gift giver Santa Claus has undergone many transformations over the centuries. The jolly rotund gent started out as St. Nicholas of Myra, a real-life, 4th-century ...

But whether the stories are true is not so much the point, said Ayo, an 89-year-old retired Notre Dame University professor named after St. Nicholas. “There’s no Santa Claus that lands on the ...

Southern Italy is one of Europe's top summer destinations, owing to its plethora of pastel-hue towns lining turquoise seas, ...

“We all help each other out,” said Sophia Kurlandski, 13, who has the role of Dorothy in the musical “The Wizard of Oz (Youth Edition)” at St. Nicholas – St. Mary School in Wilkes-Barre.

Pope Francis’s funeral procession will depart from St. Peter’s Basilica ... along some of Rome’s main thoroughfares to reach Santa Maria Maggiore. This route will allow thousands of faithful ...

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 10.43am on Easter Monday (April 21) after reports of a fire at St Nicholas Fields in Tang Hall. A service spokesman said ...

If Saturday is for the boys, at least a portion of this weekend’s windy, sun-soaked day belonged to a freshman from St. Michael’s ... against visiting Santa Fe Indian School.