Saint Nicholas

“Much of the rest is legend. There’s not really a lot of hard historical evidence about St. Nicholas,” said the Rev. Nicholas Ayo, author of “Saint Nicholas in America: Christmas Holy Day and Holiday.”

The fifth is a micro-mosaic icon representing Saint Nicholas from late 13th or early 14th century Constantinople, with a gold frame.

Ksenia was among the 62 children, between 6 and 12, celebrating Saint Nicholas’ day on Monday.

At a holiday celebration in southern Ukraine, some children asked Saint Nicholas for iPhones.

But on Monday, as children gathered in a boarding school in the southern Ukrainian city to celebrate Saint Nicholas Day, there was still time for celebration.