Hearken to the true story of Nicholas, the Saint of Sailors who became a bishop of Myra. Nicholas was born to a wealthy wheat merchant at Patara in late-second century Turkey, around 300AD. He ...
A team of archeologists working at the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey, say they may have found the grave of St. Nicholas, who has been popularized worldwide as “Santa Claus.” ...
The gist of it is this: In 1087 two Italian cities, Venice and Bari, raced to be the first to steal the bones of St. Nicholas—known to us as Santa Claus—from a basilica in what is now southern Turkey.