Live Nativity scene at St. Wojciech church, Wyszków, Poland, 2006 (photo by Ejdzej) Even today, in some parts of Europe the tradition of the live Christmas crèche continues. Communities gather – ...

Let us know! This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Christmas nativity scene. In the year 1223, St. Francis of Assisi first arranged a manger scene with live animals inside a cave in the town of ...

Vatican City, Dec 15, 2020 / 14:00 pm. Since it was unveiled last Friday, the Vatican's nativity scene in St. Peter's Square has elicited diverse reactions on social media, many of them strongly ...

Two weeks before Christmas, the Vatican brought forth its annual display of its nativity scene. The tradition goes back to Pope St. John Paul II, who kicked it off in 1982.

With Christmas upon us, many observers of the Christian holiday commemorate the season with reconstructions of the famed Nativity scene, depicting the birth of Jesus Christ. From early two ...

On December 7, Pope Francis attended the opening of Nativity of Bethlehem 2024, a nativity scene exhibition in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

R. Michael Palan's Star Barn Nativity is at the National Christmas Center, 3950 E. Harrisburg Pike in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.

Nativity sets, a familiar part of holiday decor, are becoming simpler and more abstract with some scenes made out of sleek glass or labeled wooden blocks. While they’re unusual, they also spark ...

The first recorded Nativity scene — a live presentation — is said to have taken place in the year 1223 in a grotto in Greccio, a village in central Italy.

The traditional and much-awaited Christmas tree lighting and unveiling of the nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square took place Dec. 5, before a crowd of hundreds of onlookers.

The Christmas scene for 2020 will be the "monumental Nativity scene of the Castelli," consisting of larger than life-size ceramic statues made by teachers and alumni of an art institute in the ...

The church’s 2022 Living Nativity Scene, with a Christmas Chalk Walk, will be presented Dec. 16 and 17. (File photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) By Staff report ...