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 ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – Kingsport’s Church Circle presented its annual Nativity scene on Sunday. Come to Bethlehem: A Living Nativity Scene featured live animals and actors to provide an ...

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 ...

The figure of the baby Jesus will be returned to the manger on December 24 but the keffiyeh may not be. Jesus Christ displayed on a Palestinian Keffiyeh scarf gifted by the Palestinian Higher ...

which include various depictions of the manger in a Bethlehem stable where Jesus is said to have been born. This year, the Nativity scenes were made by Bethlehem-based artisans. Representatives of ...

On Saturday, Pope Francis unveiled a nativity scene in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall that was created by Palestinian artists from Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem. The baby Jesus’s cradle is ...

when they had to flee Bethlehem under an oppressive ruler to Egypt, before returning to Nazareth two millennia ago. The bombed-out nativity scene is surrounded by rubble and barbed wire [Monjed ...

Christmas Eve in Bethlehem is quiet this year - no giant tree at the Church of the Nativity, no carols in Manger Square. Churches in the Holy Land officially canceled Christmas celebrations due to ...

An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. A church in Bethlehem has created a nativity scene resembling the situation in war-torn Gaza, as Christmas ...

Broad St. for the holiday season. The angel speaking to Mary as depicted in a nativity scene in Columbus. (NBC4 Photo/Aaron Burd) The journey to Bethlehem as depicted in a nativity scene in Columbus.

Christians in Bethlehem have been holding a muted celebration to mark Christmas amid the ongoing Israel Gaza war. Worshippers lit candles and prayed at the nativity scene, with the figures ...

And in place of the usual nativity scene, as Christians call the traditional display of figurines representing the holy family, Bethlehem churches this year placed the models amid rubble and ...