four Sundays before Christmas, through January 6, which is "epiphany," or the time of the coming of the Magi. It represents the Star of Bethlehem that led the Wise Men to Jesus, but also a light ...

According to the Christian Christmas story, Jesus was born in a lowly stable in Bethlehem because there was no more room in the local inns. Around 2,000 years later, almost all of Bethlehem's ...

For Christians this shows that Jesus came for all people of all backgrounds ... replicas of the star of Bethlehem. As in Ukraine, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on 7 January.