Less than 200 years after Nicholas’s death, Emperor Theodosius II decreed that the Saint Nicholas Church would be built over the church he served, and his remains were relocated to the building.

On March 8, 1917, protests against food rationing broke out in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), triggering eight days of ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas ... the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar Nicholas II, the head of ...