Christmas Eve in Bethlehem is quiet this year - no giant tree at the Church of the Nativity, no carols in Manger ... isn't found by looking up at the sky. It's found on Earth, when Israelis ...

Image: An installation of a scene of the Nativity of Christ with a figure symbolising baby Jesus lying amid the rubble inside the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem. Pic: AP "Every year at ...

These biblical “Magi,” sometimes called kings, now adorn nativity ... sky. Credit: The Conversation. The idea that a conjunction between bright planets could explain the Star of Bethlehem ...

It was referencing a celestial event that did occur on Dec. 21, 2020, in which Saturn and Jupiter crossed paths in the sky to ... Star of Bethlehem leading the Magi to the Nativity Scene.

A live Nativity is also an integral part ... and as a native of Bethlehem, the star illuminated in the sky has always meant so much to her; during the Advent and Christmas season, she and the ...

Remi Benali / Corbis Feuding monks at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem don't just cast the first stone—they stockpile rocks in anticipation of future altercations. Several holy men landed ...

A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem was the source of controversy this week for including a Palestinian keffiyeh with the child Jesus in the manger — but according to the project ...

“O little town of Bethlehem ... feet wide and 6 feet deep. The Nativity scene takes place before a backdrop mural of an 18th-century seaside and an azure sky. A wider panorama of the Christmas ...

With modern computer software, it's easy for astronomers to calculate the positions of stars thousands of years ago, at the click of a button. Before computers, ancient astronomers had to plot the ...