There are less than 20 days until Christmas, but St. Nicholas comes on Dec. 6. Here's what to know about the holiday.

Records have shown that St Nicholas was buried at the church built in his name, but his body's exact whereabouts have always been a mystery. The Byzantine church built over the foundation was a ...

St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Egg Harbor City received a first-class artifact of Saint Nicholas of Myra earlier this year.

A pile of toys continues to grow Friday evening at St. Nicholas Church in downtown Wilkes-Barre, as children and adults bring forward contributions for needy families in honor of their patron ...

St. Nicholas was named a saint by the church on Dec. 6, which is the same day he is believed to have died in 343 A.D. The day is celebrated as a feast day. The Dec. 6 Feast of St. Nicholas became ...

Death of Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyám. 1154: Nicholas Breakspear is elected Pope Adrian IV, the ...

It is hard to imagine the cheery, plump version of Santa Claus emerged from Saint Nicholas, the 4th century Bishop of Myra who, as a nursing infant, fasted on holy days and whose bones were stolen ...