TENTH ANNUAL ST NICHOLAS FEST IN CANTERBURY:
Over 2500 packed the cathedral to welcome St Nicholas and Archbishop Rowan Williams at the end of a 90 minute city parade. Music, specially commissioned music and dance, hymns, prayers, choirs, including the Cathedral Boys, added to the festivities. Chris Needham is the chairman of the 2009 St Nicholas Festival Committee. The St Nicholas Society also participated.

Photos: Nathan Pritchard

St Nicholas at St Paul's Cathedral, London Photos by SNS/Pritchard

St Nicholas at St Luke's Episcopal Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA USA SNSHildegard

St Nicholas Festival in Canterbury City Centre and Cathedral with the Archbishop of Canterbury and thousands of people celebrating December 6, St Nicholas Day (SNS Pritchard photos)

St Nicholas visits St Augustine's Parish, Gillingham, Kent, UK SN/Pritchard photo

St Nicholas in Cambridge Guildhall, Market and Great St Mary's Church SNS Pritchard photo