Saturday Vespers: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church at 6 p.m. in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo and on YouTube at stnicholasmarin.org. Jan. 23 Vespers: presented by St. Nicholas ...

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 ...

The bones of Saint Nicholas, who inspired the story of Santa Claus, have mystified the world for nearly 1,700 years following his death. Housed in the Basilica di San Nicola in Bari, Italy, the relics ...

Whether you know him as Father Christmas, Santa Claus or Saint Nick, he's a figure with many names and many faces, depending on where in the world you were raised. However, like numerous festive tales ...

IT’S TIME FOR THIS WEEK IN HISTORY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM. THE CLASSIC HOLIDAY POEM, “A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS” WAS FIRST PUBLISH ED ON DECEMBER 23, 1823. THIS WELL-LOVED POEM ...

When I was growing up in a very rural part of northern Nebraska, I don’t remember my family doing acts of charity. Sure, they would take meals to a family at the time of a death or go help the ...

JACKSON TWP. − Like most retailers the St. Raphael Center at 4365 Fulton Drive NW has plenty of Christmas items available for sale. What makes St. Raphael different is that the lobby includes a ...

The people of Bari, a city in southern Italy, have a deep devotion to St. Nicholas, their patron saint and beloved protector. “How can you not love St. Nicholas? And how can you not feel loved by St.

Did you know that Annandale has one of just 11 relics of St. Nicholas in the U.S.? There, Epiphany of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church is a guardian of the closest relic. The parish serves all of ...

Less than 300 years after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, a child was born somewhere along the eastern rim of the Mediterranean Sea in Asia Minor, what is now known as the Republic of Turkey. We ...

Are you ready for some Christmas cheer? The Yuletide festivities will soon begin on this special day in early December. The Feast of St. Nicholas, fondly referred to by many as St. Nick's Day, takes ...

In many European lands, celebrations honoring St. Nicholas, held on or near his feast day Dec. 6, are considered to be the kickoff to the full-blown holiday season and are important in their own right ...