In the end, most Christian leaders and Biblical scholars seem to agree that Jesus Christ was probably born in Bethlehem. And given the location of the Church of the Nativity, it’s likely that he ...

Tis the season. I go to the storage room and begin to pull boxes out to get things ready for decorating for Christmas. I begin to move furniture around to get things in place. One of the first things ...

Granted, stories of Christ’s miraculous deeds—healing ... Some suspect that the Gospel writers located Jesus’ Nativity in Bethlehem to tie the Galilean peasant to the Judaean city prophesied ...

Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the ... the birth of Jesus Christ. As the war between Israel and Hamas rages around 100km (60 miles) away in ...

Only the chants of Armenian monks echo from the crypt where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born ... New Gate, and nativity scenes have been restricted to private properties. The tightening of ...

A worshipper walks through the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024.