The leaders urged “priests and the faithful to focus more on the spiritual meaning of Christmas in their pastoral activities ... in Jerusalem. Before the Hamas attacks in early October ...

There will be no Christmas lights in Bethlehem ... of the Churches in Jerusalem asked Christians in the Holy Land to refrain from “unnecessarily festive” Christmas activities.

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and other religious ... war by “foregoing any unnecessarily festive activities.” Christmas festivities in Bethlehem typically last from mid-November through ...

Another estimated 1,000 terrorists were killed in Israel during the October ... any unnecessarily festive activities,” they wrote. At the altar of Bethlehem’s Evangelical Lutheran Church ...

Their first daughter was born with a heart problem and was operated on a few days later in Israel. They were supposed to return after the rehabilitation, but the war has trapped them in Bethlehem. F ...

Instead of being packed with foreign tourists who gather each year to mark the holiday and lit up with its normal show of lights and seasonal attractions ... Israel, with around 70 hotels in ...

I used to take tourists on tours in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, but everything changed ... described efforts to ease suffering through Christmas activities, food donations, and spiritual gatherings.

At Immanuel Evangelical Church in Bethlehem ... Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem asked Christians in the region to avoid “unnecessarily festive” Christmas activities this year.

Meanwhile, an Israeli-built wall partially encircles Bethlehem, cutting it off from Jerusalem and stifling homebuilding and urban growth. Israel says the wall is a necessary security measure to ...

JERUSALEM _ Bethlehem, the traditional site of the birth of Jesus, saw thousands of pilgrims flock to the city last year for Christmas celebrations, but has canceled all of this year’s holiday ...

then it could easily lay south by the time they reached Jerusalem, having moved from its position in the east as it rose. As they travelled to Bethlehem, the star would have stayed roughly ahead ...