and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. Scientists at a university in Liverpool unveiled what they say is the most realistic portrait ever created of St. Nicholas of Myra, the popular 4th ...

St. Nicholas, best known as the patron saint of ... but after a prayer to Jesus and Mother Mary, the holy figures returned ...

While in prison, the tale continues, Nicholas was visited by Jesus and the Virgin Mary, who promptly freed him from his chains and restored his vestments. The date of Saint Nicholas’s death is ...

And was Jesus actually born in December ... “By the Renaissance, St. Nicholas was the most popular saint in Europe. Even after the Protestant Reformation, when the veneration of saints began ...

Christmas, Saint Nicholas and Father Christmas bringing presents ... Bowler said that, in many cases, that job fell to baby Jesus, and the date was moved to Christmas rather than December 6.

Call it a combination come-to-Jesus moment with a reality check ... a full moon through your bedroom window and that a part of St. Nicholas lives within you and me. Be thankful for any and ...

“St. Nicholas is a little hard to say ... a commemoration of the Magi bringing gifts to Jesus. The 12-day season of Christmas runs from Dec. 25 to Epiphany. The Americanization of Europe ...