For centuries, Christian devotees visited a tomb, believing it to belong to an apocryphal Biblical figure. A new study posits it may have had an entirely different Biblical connection.

Christians would flock to the Cave of Salome in Israel to pay tribute to Jesus' midwife. But a new study contests the long-held belief that she was laid to rest there.

Travelers to the West Bank often visit Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, which is believed to mark the site of Jesus’ birth. In the second century, Saint Justin Martyr identified the cave ...

People in Spain have more than one reason to be excited about the new year. Along with welcoming the new year, they also get to celebrate the Three Kings Festival, which takes place over two days ...

Most folk customs among Serbs are related to Christmas Day and Christmas, which evoke the event of the Nativity in Bethlehem. On the eve of Christmas, straw is sprinkled on the floor and homes are ...

There is a commonly held belief that Jesus was born on Christmas Day in Bethlehem, a story that most likely does not correspond to historical reality. However, many historians and archaeologists do ...

Opinion GREG LAURIE: There wasn't room for Jesus in Bethlehem. But will you make room for him? There was no room for Jesus at the inn, just like there’s no room for Him in some people’s lives ...

It's another Christmas in Bethlehem with the war still raging in Gaza. Palestinians in the city believed to be the birthplace of Jesus are hurting after more than a year of war.

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke both reference Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus, fulfilling a prophecy from the Old ...

Palestinian Christian citizens of Israel from Nazareth, Jesus’s hometown, formerly travelled to Bethlehem for Christmas but are not expected this year, she said.

It might seem obvious that Jesus was born on December 25 in the town of Bethlehem, but experts say that this version of the story might not be correct.

Farther along the cave’s path, she and Joseph pause on their way to an inn in Bethlehem. And then, the climax of the Christmas story: baby Jesus is born. This scene is particularly apt, Tom said.