The Church of Saint Nicholas, a magnificent church in Ermoupoli, the capital of Syros, took twenty-two years to build.
Overlooking the Cycladic island, Saint Nicholas' construction began in 1848, following the designs of a Greek architect named G. Metaxas. They...
Despite the many myths surrounding some Christmas characters, certain legendary figures are actually rooted in history, and Saint Nicholas, otherwise known as Santa Claus, is one of them. Recently, scientists at Liverpool John Moores University used his skull to...
Greece celebrates Saint Nicholas, who, according to the Christian Orthodox faith, is the predecessor of Santa Claus, on Dec. 6th.
The omnipresent, joyous, white-bearded man who dressed in red most of the time, became particularly popular in the 19th century,...
A museum director in Demre, Turkey—once the ancient city of Myra—has been suspended after an investigation found she had illegally removed parts of a historic 4th-century Greek Orthodox church for use in her private villa, Hürriyet reports.
Nilufer Sezgin, the...
Behind today’s mythical Santa Claus from the North Pole, is a real saint – St. Nicholas. How he came to be today’s gift-giving jolly figure from the North Pole is a fascinating story all by itself.
By Lisa Bitel
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Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered a limestone sarcophagus in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Myra, today's Demre, Antalya, which they believe could be linked to Saint Nicholas himself, known worldwide as Santa Claus.
"We are very excited that a sarcophagus...
Today is the 564th anniversary of the Martyrs of Lesbos, Saints Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene, who were killed by the Turks on Bright Tuesday on April 9, 1463. This was ten years after the fall of Constantinople.
According to a...
The tomb of Saint Nicholas, also known as “Santa Claus,” and the floor on which he walked, inside the St. Nicholas Church in the town of Myra in today's southern Turkey have recently been unearthed by archeologists.
Living between 270...
The Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, reopened on Tuesday.
After twenty-two years, due to financial setbacks and construction delays, it was reopened to the...
