(RNS) — A year ago, the Rev. Munther Isaac, pastor of Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, joined other Christian leaders in abruptly canceling Christmas ...

We are in the place where Jesus was born, and it is imperative that every person in the world who loves Jesus to help the ...

Another Bleak Christmas in Bethlehem as Christian Families Quit West Bank By Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in ...

On Aug. 3, Sabeen Rahil and Elias Johny Al Arja, two young Christians from Bethlehem, were officially engaged. According to ancient tradition there, engagements are a public act and already bind ...

People enjoy coffee and buns as the choir sings during a Christian Family Lovefeast on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at Central ...

And it's nice that Muslims can come and share the experience together with Christians too." It's a typical scene in Bethlehem's town square these days, where foreign tourists are conspicuously ...

Bethlehem Christian, the Atlantic Coast Christian Athletic Conference champion, improved to 26-2. The Panthers’ only losses ...

The cookbook is also a quiet story of faith. Recipes include siyami (fasting) foods for Bethlehem’s Christians, who often refrain from meat, eggs, and dairy during Lent. An outsized portion is ...

As Christians, we believe in personal salvation ... LUCY TALGIEH first encountered Wi’am as a teenager, attending its Bethlehem centre, which sits at the foot of the Israeli security wall — a safe ...

Pope Francis prays in front of a nativity scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter’s Square as a ...

"The emigration out of Bethlehem is increasing daily and monthly, and ... this has a negative impact on the city," Thaljieh said. Christian communities have been in decline across the Middle East ...