Church leaders in Jerusalem and the Bethlehem city council took the decision last month to forego “any unnecessarily festive” Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gazans. The Latin ...

Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem.

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - While spring is just around the corner, the Christmas City is already looking for visitors to start planning their trips to Bethlehem. Historic Bethlehem Museum & Sites is ...

For Christians this shows that Jesus came for all people of all backgrounds ... of the star of Bethlehem. As in Ukraine, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on 7 January.

In Bethlehem cooking and eating are always about relationships, and it is this world of human connections that Kattan, ...

And St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland in McCandless wants to bring it to life this Christmas season. “A Visit to Bethlehem,” a live reenactment of the time and birth of Jesus ...

Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, observed a muted Christmas celebration on Sunday amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Gaza's Health Ministry said that more than 160 people were killed over the ...