Israel’s hope began to spread the rays of its dawning light in Bethlehem, at the first Christmas. "For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn," the Christmas carol says. But the light grew slowly.

JERUSALEM — A leading evangelical Christian leader, the Rev. Johnnie Moore, accused Hamas of pulling the plug on Christmas lights and festivities in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ.

with the message that the light overcomes the darkness. Christmas Eve in Bethlehem is anything but a light for those living there. The relentless assault of Gaza that began October 2023 with the ...

As war disrupts traditional festivities, Palestinian Christians see an opportunity to return to the Nativity story and share the gospel. At Immanuel Evangelical Church in Bethlehem, instead of ...

Every year at Christmas time in Bethlehem, bright lights and colorful decorations adorn the streets and homes in the Christian areas of the city where Jesus was born. Christian communities light ...

The yearly Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem — shared among Armenian ... empty church a week before the holiday. “The light that was born when Jesus Christ was born here is the light ...

There’s no place like Bethlehem at Christmas time. Horse-drawn carriages haul visitors up and down historic street Main Street, decked with holiday lights and garlands lighting up the sidewalks.

The yearly Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem -- shared among Armenian ... empty church a week before the holiday. "The light that was born when Jesus Christ was born here is the light that ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the ... week were nowhere to be found. The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square ...

The yearly Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem — shared among Armenian ... empty church a week before the holiday. “The light that was born when Jesus Christ was born here is the light ...

The yearly Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem — shared among Armenian ... according to the U.S. State Department. Finding the light in the night Father Issa Thaljieh, the parish priest of ...