"Setting up a Nativity scene in your home allows your home to become another Bethlehem, a place to welcome Christ at Christmas," he added. "Nativity scenes should draw our hearts and minds to the ...

A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem was the source of controversy ... infant Jesus in the Nativity scene on the night of Christmas Eve. It is typical for the whole scene to be first ...

The 2023 nativity scene at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church of Bethlehem (photo by Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac and used with permission) Much like the long history of nativity scenes themselve ...

On Dec. 7, 2024, Pope Francis publicly showed off the Vatican's 2024 Christmas decorations: a Nativity scene and Christmas ... The Nativity of Bethlehem 2024, located in Paul VI hall, featured ...

Munther Isaac of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, invented the new take on the nativity scene last Christmas season. “This is what Christmas looks like in Palestine,” Munther ...

Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem. They include the “putz,” a Nativity scene that tells the story of Christ’s birth with ...

By highlighting the Nativity scene and story on a flat ... Sprinkled with the Christmas theme, the eight-station Back to Bethlehem journey is a multi-sensory event composed of life size figures ...

Bethlehem artists' Christmas display in St. Peter's Square ... with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene, at the Vatican (photo credit: REMO CASSILI/REUTERS) A ...

Johny Andonia, a 39-year-old artist from Bethlehem who led the project ... of placing the infant Jesus in the Nativity scene on the night of Christmas Eve. It is typical for the whole scene ...