A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem was the source of controversy ... infant Jesus in the Nativity scene on the night of Christmas Eve. It is typical for the whole scene to be first ...

Christmas is a very special celebration for Ticos ... Many also include the Star of Bethlehem. The assembly of the Nativity Scene is accompanied by moss, sawdust, plants, trunks, rocks, cypress ...

Pope Francis prays in front of a Nativity Scene crafted in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, as he arrives for a meeting with the donors of the fir tree set up in St. Peter's Square as a Christmas ...

The wooden Nativity scene ... Christmas decorations this year, which include various depictions of the manger in a Bethlehem stable where Jesus is said to have been born. This year, the Nativity ...

The normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus looks like a ghost town on Christmas Eve, with celebrations in Bethlehem ... This year, the usual nativity scene in Manger Square — featuring ...

In the place of a decorated Christmas tree, the municipality of Bethlehem organized an artwork called "Nativity under the Rubble" in Manger Square. The artwork depicts the nativity scene within a ...

A church in Bethlehem has created a nativity scene resembling the situation in war-torn Gaza, as Christmas this year approaches amid Israel’s brutal onslaught on the Palestinian enclave. The nativity ...

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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 ...

one church here has created a simple Nativity scene for Christmas 2023: Jesus enters the world amid a pile of Gazan rubble. The atmosphere in Bethlehem on the eve of Christmas this year is somber ...

the usual centrepiece of Bethlehem's Christmas celebrations because of the carnage taking place only 50km (30 miles) away. And in place of the usual nativity scene, as Christians call the ...