St. Nicholas Day is celebrated every year on Dec. 6, typically by filling the stockings and shoes children leave out overnight with sweets and toys. It also is a fitting date for the patron saint ...

As the patron saint of, among others, archers, bakers, bankers, mariners, merchants and pawnbrokers, he has myriad responsibilities, to be certain. But of course, Nicholas is best known as the ...

St. Nicholas is considered a patron saint for the wrongly accused as it is believed that he has interceded and prevented the execution of 3 innocent men who were sentenced to death by a corrupt judge.

Saint Nicholas visits with Emily Lukie at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Sudbury, Ont. on Wednesday December 6, 2023. Photo by John Lappa / John Lappa/Sudbury Star ...

1. Why St. Nicholas is the Patron Saint of Children Many people know that St. Nicholas is the patron saint of children, but they may not know why he has that title.

As a religious effigy, St Nick was not a fictional character coming down our chimneys but in fact a real person. The real St Nicholas lived in the 3rd and 4th century, and was a bishop living in ...

THE true face of the man that inspired Father Christmas can be seen for the first time in almost 1,700 years – after scientists reconstructed his likeness from his skull. Saint Nicholas of My… ...

Saint Nicholas eventually became the patron of Rus’, and the most beloved saint in all of Holy Russia’s history.