Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School went from being rated 'inadequate' to 'outstanding' by Ofsted in 10 years. Headteacher ...

With the field for next week’s John Deere Classic all but finalized Friday afternoon, tournament director Andrew Lehman was satisfied with how the 156-man field shaped up. “We’re happy,” said Lehman.

St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,'' as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America.

It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife of an Orthodox Christian ...

Where your friend offended most was when she all but told you she was sticking you with the expenses: joining the shopping ...

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.

Old Saint Nick The popular term for Santa prior to this period was Saint Nicholas, a name known from the religious observance of the Feast Day of St. Nicholas on Dec. 6.

For several hundred years, circa 1200 to 1500, St. Nicholas was the unchallenged bringer of gifts and the toast of celebrations centered around his feast day, December 6.

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 ...

Father Dustin Lyon explained, “St. Nicholas was an Orthodox bishop in the 4th century, in modern day Turkey. He was well known for gift giving.