Many children in Milwaukee will get an early, miniature version of Christmas on Friday after St. Nicholas visits their homes. Even though the Catholic feast day is not celebrated nationwide ...

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, St. Nicholas Day is the feast day of Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop who is also the patron saint of Russia, Greece and children. His feast day is ...

St. Nicholas Day honors Saint Nicholas, the saint who inspired Santa Claus. While St. Nicholas’ feast day is on December 19, St. Nicholas Day is typically celebrated on December 6, the ...

The family had just sailed to Vyshgorod to celebrate the feast day of St. Boris and St. Gleb. Grieving over their drowned ...

St. Nicholas, as it turns out ... For the early Dutch colonists in the New World, the saint’s feast day—December 6—was eagerly anticipated. Northern Europeans traditionally put out boots ...

(Gary Wayne Gilbert) July 31 is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, who died on that date in 1556. A Basque courtier and soldier, Inigo de Loyola was gravely ...

(Gary Wayne Gilbert) July 31 is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Boston College's Jesuit Community, Intersections program, and Center for Ignatian ...