Meet the layman and the priest who bore St. Nicholas’s name and defended the faith with ingenuity and grace. There is a magic ...

Kharkov volunteers brought gifts to the children. But before the distribution, they arranged a performance for children who ...

As thousands of visitors from around the world poured into Tarpon Springs for Epiphany, it's important to recognize the history that comes with the celebration.

You could say that the winter chill and icy waters were counterbalanced by the warmth of prayer and the blessings for that ...

Children started simplifying it to Santa Claus.” The feast day of St. Nicholas, Dec. 6, was celebrated by the Dutch as a gift-giving day when children put out their shoes to be filled with ...

for it was their tradition to give small gifts or sweets on St. Nicholas Day. And so, this Dutch tradition inspired the American mythologizing of a man with a sack of presents on his back to be ...

This is the latest in a Saturday series of stories and photographs featuring local holiday traditions. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – For ...

After years of excavation work, the leader of an archeological expedition at the Church of St. Nicholas in ... Claus clandestinely brings gifts for children. Nicholas was imprisoned for a ...

A freshly uncovered sarcophagus from St. Nicholas Church in Turkey could hold the body of the saint behind the legendary ...

Christians around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25, but Tuesday marked the birth of Christ for many others. For ...