Archeologists Discover a Sarcophagus Buried Under a Church, Believe it Could Belong to Saint Nicholas Who Inspired Santa ...

As Christmas approached, archaeologists near the southern coast of Turkey appeared to have unearthed a sarcophagus belonging to one of the holy men the Santa Claus mythos is said to originate from.

A sarcophagus unearthed in Antalya may be the tomb of Saint Nicholas, the saintly inspiration for Santa Claus.

Meet the layman and the priest who bore St. Nicholas’s name and defended the faith with ingenuity and grace. There is a magic ...

The sarcophagus and remains of the original Saint Nicholas are presumed to have been uncovered at an excavation site in Turkey.

Think about Saint Nicholas, then Father Christmas, then Santa Claus. We know two things before everything else — they are generous and they are wise.

Saint Nicholas of Myra lived over 1,700 years ago. According to accounts of his life, he was very kind and generous and this inspired the idea of Santa Claus – the man who delivers gifts to children ...

A woman lights a candle prior to the Orthodox Christmas service in the Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in the city of ...

In Greece, children receive gifts on New Year's Eve rather than Christmas Eve, and they are brought to them by Saint Basil ...

Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, ...

Service at Christ the King Church, Sharpsburg, after taking a stool and reading the children the story of Jesus’ birth, he ...

A boy runs past military vehicles displayed in Patriot Park near the Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas on the eve of Orthodox ...