The Basilica of St. Nicholas in Amsterdam is being elevated to a cathedral, the Diocese Haarlem-Amsterdam said on Friday. The ...

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 ...

Pope Francis has upgraded the status of the large church opposite Amsterdam’s central station to that of a cathedral – as a ...

By Mark W. Olson  Local Catholic parishes can breathe a sigh of relief. There were no local church closings in the Strategic Plan released by the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis last ...

according to the National Catholic Register. The belief that St. Nicholas was buried at the church site in Turkey is one of many competing claims of the whereabouts of the saint’s remains ...

Hearken to the true story of Nicholas, the Saint of Sailors who became a bishop ... would be ordained the new Bishop of Myra. Latterly, St Nicholas of Myra even became imprisoned and exiled ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

Located in Lesser Town (Malá Strana), the St. Nicholas Church (not to be confused with the Church of St. Nicholas in Old Town Square) is well visited for its stunning baroque architecture ...