For the third year in a row, Heidi Pelligra will transform part of her property into a Bethlehemian barn just like the one Jesus Christ ... use the barn for a live Nativity scene.’ ...

Actors present the story of Jesus’ birth during a live Nativity pageant Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, at the Bethlehem Rose Garden. The three wise men enter as volunteer actors present the story of ...

The first known recreation of the Nativity, or the event of Jesus’ birth, is credited to St. Francis of Assisi in 1223. Living up to his name as the patron saint of animals, Francis reportedly ...

which led to the development of the Church of the Nativity on the site believed to be associated with the birth of Jesus; and to the power and influence of Christianity in the period of the Crusades ...

For the 30th year, these volunteers will transform a vacant 0.7-acre lot, across Middlefield Road from the church, into Bethlehem A.D. This 20-minute, walk-through Nativity spectacle reimagines ...

Nativity scenes like the famous life-sized wood nativity on display at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles are a creative religious reminder of the birth of Jesus as told in the ...

One of the most compelling realities surrounding the Nativity narrative is Jesus’ birth was foretold long before the manger, with the Old Testament, including important prophecies pointing ...

Through Nativity art ... They make the birth a local event, translating the story into their own cultural contexts. And so we see Jesus wearing, for example, the bone necklace of an Igorot ...

In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ... [nativity] story as it is written in the Bible — the story of a Jewish girl giving birth ...

The most stupendous drama in the human history is the remarkable birth of Jesus Christ. The Word became flesh – John 1:14 – means God became human. God’s paramount requirement was to remove sin. God ...

A marble sculpture depicting St. Cajetan holding the Infant Jesus ... Nativity, where St. Cajetan of Thiene prayed before the relics of Christ’s manger. “In the hour of his most holy birth ...