Tourists disappeared' - Church leaders in Jerusalem and the Bethlehem city council took the decision last month to forego "any unnecessarily festive" Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gazans.

A live village performance of Bethlehem this weekend ... the live village is a Christmas tradition. As in previous years, a bright star will shine high in the sky over the village for visitors ...

Editor’s note: Due to popular demand we thought it appropriate to republish this Bulletin article, which deals with an often-overlooked aspect of the holiday season. We often take Christmas ... as the ...

The West Bank city of Bethlehem—identified in the Bible as the birthplace of Jesus—held muted Christmas celebrations on Monday amid the war between Israel and Hamas. Christian worshipers pray ...

Traditionally in Bethlehem, a grand Christmas tree would light up Manger Square, but local authorities opted against elaborate celebrations for a second year. "This year we limited our joy ...

The little town of Bethlehem has cancelled ... subterranean cave where a 14-point silver star on the marble floor marks the site of Jesus’s birth. Christmas Eve midnight mass is at the 19th ...

ASHEVILLE - The Christmas Star set high in the Bethlehem sky offering guidance in the biblical account of Christ’s birth proves to be a pinnacle of hope in Asheville’s history and today.

However, it has been in her repertoire for decades. “’Beautiful Star of Bethlehem’ is one of the first Christmas songs I ever remember singing with Mom,” she said in a statement.

The annual Upland Christmas Nativity Art and Music Festival ... displayed at the event will be Peggy Carlston’s Fontanini Bethlehem city collection. Carlston began collecting Fontanini figures ...