While celebrations are taking place Thursday and Friday, the main event, or fest for the eyes if you will, takes place on the “Feast” day, Saturday, Sept. 7, as the 800lb statue of Madonna Dei ...

St. Patrick's Day, observed on March 17, has transitioned from a feast day in Ireland to a widely celebrated holiday in the United States. The holiday commemorates St. Patrick, the patron saint of ...

St. Nick’s Day is the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra, a 4 th century bishop, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. St. Nicholas is referred to as the Patron Saint of Children, according ...