Archaeologists in Türkiye believe they’ve uncovered the burial site of Saint Nicholas, the fourth-century Christian bishop who later became the inspiration for Santa Claus. Beneath the Church ...

This episode takes us through the ancient ruins of Myra, the remarkable rock-cut tombs known as the 'City of the Dead,' and Saint Nicholas Church, where the legend of Santa Claus began.

Saint Nicholas of Myra was an early Christian saint whose reputation for gift-giving inspired the Dutch folk figure of Sinterklaas, later to become Santa Claus. This mythical figure would then ...

Many people know that St. Nicholas is the patron saint of children, but they may not know why he has that title. There is a grisly legend that says that during a famine in Myra, three young boys ...

For those unfamiliar with the holiday, here's what to know about St. Nicholas Day. Saint Nicholas of Myra, or St. Nicholas, was a bishop during the Roman Empire who became the Patron Saint of ...

Saint Nicholas was born in Lycia in Asia Minor. He is one of the most popular saints of the Church, even though there is scarcely anything historically certain about him except that he was Bishop ...

In a mystery spanning centuries, relics of Saint Nicholas, who inspired Santa Claus – last seen in an Italian basilica almost 1,000 years ago – have been seized in Canada by border agents and ...

including St. Nicholas. By then, the elder Kalfov had moved to Seattle and begun a family, who got to know the saint. They were with him the day he died. The younger Kalfov served as altar boy ...

Holy reliquaries, including relics of Saint Nicholas — who inspired Santa Claus — were confiscated by Canadian border services and returned to Italy after a Winnipeg man tried to illegally ...