St. Nicholas Church

St. Nicholas, standing white and bright in the heart of Manhattan, is crafted entirely from Pentelic marble. It serves as a reminder of resilience, located just a few steps from the site where, 23 years ago, one of the darkest days in U.S. history was written in blood. Yet, it conveys that light will always conquer darkness.

The Demre Museum Directorate has closed off the mosaic floor at St. Nicholas Church in tourism hotspot Antalya's Demre district, a site believed to be where St. Nicholas, widely recognized as Santa Claus, once walked.

An excavation team has unearthed the exact place of the tomb of Saint Nicholas, also known as "Santa Claus," and the floor on which he walked, inside the St. Nicholas Church in the southern province of Antalya's Demre district.

Archbishop Demetrios of America will reportedly attend on September 9 an event to honor the Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas, which was destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, when the south tower of the World Trade Center came crashing down upon it.

Archaeologists may have become a step closer to finding the grave of St. Nicholas, more popularly known as Santa Claus, as they discovered what may be the actual grave of the Christmas saint below the surface of a church in Turkey's southern Antalya province, reports said Monday, Daily Sabah reported.

Benaki Museum will inaugurate the Reconstruction of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero by Santiago Calatrava on Thursday, Sept. 24, and exhibition that will last until Oct. 25.

The exhibition will present sketches, drawings, plans, photographs and audiovisual material.