St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...

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With his upcoming ordination, 'Deacon Danny' will become the third priest in his immediate family, which also includes a ...

Happy Feast Of St. Nicholas. That time the Bishop of Myra slapped the snot out of heretic Arius. Rod Dreher . Dec 6, 2016 7:01 PM . What’s that? Don’t you know? Look: ...

The day is celebrated as a feast day. The Dec. 6 Feast of St. Nicholas became a popular tradition during the medieval period, particularly in Germany and German-speaking countries.

Blessed Nicholas Postgate, one of the Eighty-Five Martyrs of England and Wales beatified by St. John Paul II in 1987, served the Catholics in the remote Yorkshire moors for almost 50 years before ...

The legend of St Nicholas travelled far and wide, ... The night before the feast, ... Happy reading! Stay in the know. Download the Caxton Local News Network App here. December 21, 2024.

The Feast of St. Nicholas, fondly referred to by many across the region as St. Nick's Day, takes place annually on Dec. 6. Though the holiday involves stockings and small gifts, ...

The feast day of St. Nicholas, Dec. 6, was celebrated by the Dutch as a gift-giving day when children put out their shoes to be filled with goodies by St. Nick, who had evolved into a mystical ...

She said that after an earthquake in the region in 529, archeologists believe the Church of St. Nicholas, long a popular pilgrimage site, especially for Russian Orthodox Christians, “may have ...

The location of St. Nicholas’ mortal remains is already a matter of some dispute, and the discovery of the additional sarcophagus, depending on what it contains, will likely muddy things further.