A surge of people converting to Orthodox Christianity is helping local parishes here buck the national trend of declining ...

The conception of St. Nicholas was radically changed by the appearance of the poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (“ ’Twas the night before Christmas”) in the Troy (New York) Sentinel in 1823.

Saint Nicholas was born around 270 AD in the Roman province of Lycia, in the town of Patara (present-day Turkey). Raised in a wealthy Christian family, he lost his parents at a young age and ...

And there it is, along with Hosius and Cecilian and Donnus and Vincentius and Menophantes — the other name we associate with Christmas: Saint Nicholas. At the very beginning of Christianity ...

Who was St. Nicholas? Nicholas was an early Christian bishop born in the third century in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey, at a time when Christians suffered sporadic but often brutal persecutions ...

Images of St. Nicholas vary considerably ... when Bibles were burned and priests made to renounce Christianity or face execution. Nicholas defied these edicts and spent years in prison before ...

The St Nicholas Church in Demre, Antalya, Turkey, has been an excavation site for researchers since 1989. It is believed to be the final resting place of the Christian bishop Saint Nicholas of ...

The triptych was purchased for the Louvre by the Society of Friends of the Louvre from the private collection of New York ...

Today marks St. Nicholas Day, a celebration honoring Saint Nicholas of Myra, a 4th-century Christian bishop known for his generosity and kindness. Observed annually on December 6, this day carries ...

Saint Nicholas of Myra was an early Christian saint whose reputation for gift-giving inspired the Dutch folk figure of Sinterklaas, later to become Santa Claus. This mythical figure would then ...

Nicholas was an early Christian bishop born in the third century ... especially in the Russian Orthodox Church. The location of St. Nicholas’ mortal remains is already a matter of some ...