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.

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.

Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the usually bustling place filled with foreign tourists and pilgrims flocking to ...

In Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank ... by the revered church that marks the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, a group of scouts held a parade that broke the ...

The legend of a bright star that rose after the birth of Jesus Christ — that the wise ... Could Venus have been the “Star of Bethlehem?" As if to provide more evidence, on Jan. 18, 2025 ...

A large Christmas tree usually stands in Manger Square, opposite the Church of the Nativity which is built atop a cave where Christians believe Jesus was born more than 2,000 years ago. But like ...

"Bethlehem is special at Christmas. It is so special in the Holy Land. Jesus was born here", said Souad Handal, a 55-year-old tour guide from Bethlehem. "It's so bad (now) because the economy of ...

“A Visit to Bethlehem,” a live reenactment of the time and birth of Jesus, will take place at the church on Cumberland Road from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 7, 8, 14 and 15, “The church transforms the ...