Patara, birthplace of St Nicholas, is a wide-open sprawl of ruins framed by farmland and dunes in Türkiye. Georg Knoll/laif, Redux Before the iconic red suit and the sleigh, the real St. Nicholas ...

As Father Nicholas Kasemeotes gestured toward the iconography on the sanctuary wall of Holy Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church, a slight smile crossed his face when he came to the image of a bearded old ...

Turkish researchers claim they’ve located the tomb of St. Nicholas, the real-life figure who inspired Santa Claus, under a 5th-century church in Turkey. While it’s long been known that St. Nick was ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Many people and famous Christmas songs refer to Santa Claus as Saint Nicholas, or St. Nick for short — but he’s far from the only figure in history to have that title. There was ...

St. Nicholas Day brings back fond memories of rushing to find my shoes filled with candy and curling up with my siblings to watch the wonderful CCC video of St. Nicholas’ life. Most memorably, I ...

People around the world are celebrating Christmas - and perhaps enjoying a few gifts from Santa Claus. But many don't realize Saint Nicholas was a... Just Who Was The Real St. Nicholas? If you ...

Before the iconic red suit and the sleigh, the real St. Nicholas lived and died in ancient Lycia, modern-day Antalya Province, Türkiye. St. Nick didn’t grow up with reindeer. He grew up walking among ...