Step back in time, over 2000 years ago, and walk the streets of ancient Bethlehem as Mary and Joseph did on the night of Christ's birth. On your journey to the site of the Nativity, you will meet ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — I discovered first-hand what it’s like to be surrounded by the eerie silence of Christmas at Christianity’s holiest sites during the Mideast war. I set out earlier ...

Adam McGahee II and his father, Pastor Adam McGahee, stand near the enclosure where animals from Endless Dreams educational petting zoo will represent the animals of ancient Bethlehem. Pastor Adam ...

The story of the Star of Bethlehem appears only in the Book of Matthew. The gospel tells us that a bright star appeared in the eastern sky when Jesus was born, famously seen by a group of wise men.

A cast and crew of over 300 people from the English Lutheran Church in La Crosse recreated ancient Bethlehem over the weekend. Visitors experienced the city in real-time, ...

Moreover, in the ancient world, comets were often regarded as bad omens. Halley's comet was visible in the sky in 11 B.C, but it is unlikely that this was the Star of Bethlehem culprit. (Image ...

Bethlehem A.D. actors are reportedly donning their ... participants could “travel 8,000 miles and 2,000 years back in history to ancient Bethlehem” by walking through a constructed village and ...

In the tradition of ancient Jewish people, Mary and Joseph became betrothed, the first part of a two-stage Jewish wedding ceremony. For the initial part, called the erusin , Joseph would give a ...