Orthodox Christians have gathered in Bethlehem this week, the city recognised as the birthplace of Jesus, to mark Christmas.
It might not be the biggest holiday on the Christian calendar, but Epiphany, otherwise known as Feast of the Epiphany or ...
The distinctive dong of an ancient bell accompanied the opening of the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on Jan.
The village of Battir, on the West Bank hills near Bethlehem, is a land of olive groves, grape vines, fig trees and seven ...
Babylonian astrology, a most popular practice in the ancient world, could provide the key to the riddle of the Star of ...
“Christ in the Rubble” is the name of one such creche, located a short walk along an ancient stone-paved street from Jesus’ ...
Christmas marks the birth of Jesus of Nazareth over 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem, Palestine, in what is now the Israeli Occupied West Bank. The occasion is both solemn and ...
Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the ...
Later during the Christmas season, you might want to watch the 1949 film Come to the Stable that tells the story of Regina ...
Did Joseph and Mary really need to go to Bethlehem because of a Roman census, or is this unhistorical, as some scholars ...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The cheer that typically descends on ...
The star is mentioned twice, and the text implies the first sighting was at the time of Jesus's birth.