Tag: Christmas

Behind the legend of Santa Claus exists a humble saint.
Does St. Nicholas deserve his place amongst humanities most kindest, gentlest, generous and loving individuals to have walked this earth? […]

Celebrating Christ: Where was Jesus born?
The Christian gospels of Luke and Matthew have long described how Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in […]

The Christmas Truce of 1914.
As Christmas approached in the year 1914, loved ones back home and the soldiers on the front lines had thought […]

The relics of St. Nicholas: From Myra to Bari and across Europe.
The remains of St. Nicholas, who is believed to be the inspiration behind our modern-day Santa Claus, are buried in […]

Christmas Day, Rome, 800 AD
In the great basilica of St. Peter’s, Rome, Pope Leo III celebrated mass. It was meant to be like any […]