On December 19, the Russian Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most revered ...

At Epiphany of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church in Annandale parishioners recently venerated a rare relic of the ...

How did a third-century Christian bishop become associated with the jolly old elf referred to as Santa Claus? Fr. Paul Fuller, pastor of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Springdale, addressed this ...

The white-bearded Christian saint whose acts of generosity inspired America’s secular Santa Claus figure is known worldwide — but Saint Nicholas' origin story is not. The legends surrounding jolly old ...

Many Christians wrestle with whether to include Santa Claus legends in their holiday traditions. Printmaker Ned Bustard ...

"The Episcopal Church has a long list of saints, incorporating many from the early church, as well as more contemporary ones, ...

For those who have heard of St. Nicholas Day, and for those who haven’t, the thought of yet another holiday to celebrate might sound daunting. While that can be true, I’ve found that the message of ...

Long before Santa Claus became the jolly man in red we know today, there lived a real person named Nicholas in the ancient city of Myra, located in what's now Turkey. Born around 280 AD to wealthy ...

A visual history of Krampusnacht through folklore, illustration, and early print culture, exploring how Krampus evolved into ...

All those are good deeds, but one tale of St. Nick is a great deed that stands head and shoulders above the others; St.