A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian ...

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Finally, groups reach Bethlehem and visit the manger where Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus are staying. All of the characters are volunteers from the church dressed in costume, as close to 200 ...

Some scholars argue that the emphasis on Bethlehem as Jesus's birthplace arose from the desire to link him to an ancient Hebrew prophecy. The prophet Micah predicted that the Messiah would be born ...

Tourists visit the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. The Church of the Nativity is built on the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born.

People hold Santa Claus balloons on Christmas Eve, near the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023.

The normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town on Sunday, as Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. The festive lights and ...

This will have a huge, devastating impact on the town of 25,000, which brings in much of its annual income from tourists who journey to the birthplace of Jesus Christ this time of year.

Now, the site widely held to be the birthplace of Jesus has become the center of a new political battle, this one pitting Palestinians against the guardians of the church, among others.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Officials in Bethlehem said Christmas celebrations will be canceled in Jesus’ traditional birthplace due to the Israel-Hamas war and the thousands of Palestinians ...

Lifestyle Bethlehem, birthplace of Jesus, to take down Christmas decor ‘in solidarity with our people in Gaza’ By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi, Fox News Published Nov. 17, 2023, 7:35 p.m. ET ...