author of “The True Story of St. Nicholas,” says it’s entirely possible. “It’s very possible,” Eich said. “The story is that crusaders stole his body from the church in Myra where he ...

"Some sources suggest that St. Nicholas was buried near the sacred area of the city of Myra," Findik said. "The fact that we have found a sarcophagus near the church, which is thought to house his ...

A museum director in Turkey has been fired after it was revealed that she had been illegally removing parts of an ancient Greek church.

It is hard to imagine the cheery, plump version of Santa Claus emerged from Saint Nicholas, the 4th century Bishop of Myra who ... After hearing the church bells ring out, the mother rushed ...

Some believe that Saint Nicholas was buried in Myra, but others believe he is buried at a church in Gemile, Türkiye or the Basilica di San Nicola in Bari, Italy. Historians also believe that some ...

There was, indeed, a real Christian bishop who used the same moniker: Nicholas of Myra, also known as ... Emperor Theodosius II decreed that the Saint Nicholas Church would be built over the ...

Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop in Myra. He became the inspiration for the popular image of Santa Claus. After his death on December 6, he was buried in Myra, and the Church of Saint ...

“The fact we have found a sarcophagus near the church ... Born some time after 260 A.D. in Myra (now the Demre district of ...

One of the oldest churches in Brighton and Hove can have new lighting after a proposal was granted planning permission by ...

Saint Nicholas was born ... most popular saints of the Church, even though there is scarcely anything historically certain about him except that he was Bishop of Myra in the fourth century.