Photo of the Day
Picture of a monk in elaborate robes standing in a beam of sunlight in a monastery in Greece
Celebrating St. Nicholas
Mount Athos, in northeastern Greece, is home to some 2,000 monks in the Eastern Orthodox Church. At the Monastery of Vatopedi, Father Chrisostomos reflects in the cell of St. Nicholas the Fisherman—the inspiration for the figure of Santa Claus.
