In Bethlehem, the West Bank town revered as Jesus' birthplace, Christmas is all but canceled, in solidarity with Palestinians' suffering in Gaza. In Bethlehem, few glad tidings for Palestinian ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago. Yet ...

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke both reference Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus, fulfilling a prophecy from the Old ...

Biblical stories of Jesus' birth reveal intriguing clues about his times. In their differing accounts of the first Christmas, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke provide important historical details ...

For the first time in recent history, Christmas has been canceled in Bethlehem. Although churches in this birthplace of Jesus will still hold religious services, the twinkling decorations that ...

That is what Christmas can be like. It is supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ but we get caught up in the wrong things and forget His birthday.. Merchants want you to shop ...

Lots of Palestinians identify with Jesus as a refugee, he says, and reflect on the challenges he and his family “would have faced if they were around today, going from Nazareth to Bethlehem to ...

ROCKFORD - Beth Eden United Methodist Church at 3102 Huffman Blvd. will hold its 42nd live reenactment of Bethlehem at the time of Jesus' birth on Dec. 3.

In fact, the only supernova that was visible from Earth around the time of Christ’s birth actually happened in the year 185 A.D. and was recorded by Chinese astronomers.

In Bethlehem, the home of Jesus’ birth, a season of grieving for Palestinian Christians Dec. 20, 2023 Updated Wed., Dec. 20, 2023 at 9:08 p.m. The Rev. Munther Isaac leads singing and prayers ...

In Bethlehem, the West Bank town revered as Jesus' birthplace, Christmas is all but canceled, in solidarity with Palestinians' suffering in Gaza. In Bethlehem, the home of Jesus' birth, a season ...