Members of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church attend ... The region is also home to Romanian, Ethiopian and Eritrean congregations, plus the Orthodox Church in America. Orthodox worship ...

The Lackawanna County Men’s and Ladies’ Ancient Order of Hibernians recently gathered to celebrate the Feast of St. Brigid of Ireland. The Rev. Richard Fox celebrated the Eucharistic Liturgy ...

Last year, the three Basilians, along with some 80 children, narrowly avoided being killed in a deadly Dec. 6 strike by Russia as they celebrated a liturgy marking the feast of St. Nicholas ... the ...

The feast started back in 1921 by a group of Italian Catholics, and has made its way to East Court Street in Middletown, which is identified as Middletown’s Italian commercial hub.

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 ...

Dutch families eventually began celebrating the Feast of Saint Nicholas, referring to him as ... frankincense as a symbol of his divinity; and myrrh as a foretelling of his death and sacrifice.

It is worth noting, though, that this figure was the first to be celebrated on what we now refer to as Christmas Day, mainly because most stopped celebrating the Feast of Saint Nicholas on his ...

In fact, it is safe to say that on many Greek islands, the boats decorated for Christmas still remain the most popular symbol of this beautiful ... are decorated due to the celebration of Saint ...

hoping to borrow the relic for a veneration ceremony to celebrate the local church’s 160th anniversary during the week of the Feast of Saint Nicholas, which was Friday. “I think the whole ...