It begins with the decree from Emperor Augustus for a census, leading Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem, where Jesus is born in a manger due to lack of room at the inn. The film depicts the angel ...

Just weeks before Christmas, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, located in the West Bank, unveiled a new display of the nativity scene that shows baby Jesus lying in a manger amid rubble.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — It isn’t subtle. Nor is it intended to be. Instead of a pastoral-looking Nativity scene ... s mayor, Hanna Hanania, whose office overlooks a nearly deserted Manger ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...

The Nativity scene ... baby Jesus with a donkey and ox under a “turugium,” or tiled roof structure inside the Cave of the Nativity in Bethlehem, such as Duccio di Buonisegna’s “The ...

A Nativity scene ... 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’s organizer ...

Today, genealogies may bring more awareness of one’s family ... of Jesus’ birth. The Gospel says that the star of Bethlehem subsequently leads them to a house – not a manger – where ...

The nativity is the representation of Jesus ... 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 ...

“O little town of Bethlehem ... to contemplate Jesus’ birth. Others go on with everyday life as if nothing unusual or life-changing is happening. The animated scene’s 68 figures and 20 ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now been placed in the nativity scene without the kefiah. In the Paul VI Hall ...

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 ...

(WJHL) – Kingsport’s Church Circle presented its annual Nativity scene on Sunday. Come to Bethlehem ... said the scene brings the birth of Jesus to life while sharing the gospel with the ...