“Bethlehem is the capital of Christmas. It’s supposed to be the ... city where the faith was born will dwindle and might one day disappear. “We are very, very concerned,” Isaac said.

Harry Zinder spent Christmas Day in Bethlehem in Judea, watching the thousands of pilgrims (so many of them American boys and girls in uniform this year) who flock to worship above the manger ...

Thousands of tourists travel to Bethlehem every year at Christmas time Bethlehem is celebrating Christmas. A huge tree covered in lights is on display in the square outside the 1,700-year-old Nativity ...

“We hope by next year at the same day we’d be able to celebrate Christmas at our homes and go to Bethlehem,” said Najla Tarazi, a displaced woman. “We hope to celebrate in Jerusalem ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - A festive retail destination – filled with hand-crafted nutcrackers, Christmas tree ornaments, retired reindeer bells and other yuletide cheer – is coming soon to the ...

Mack Wilberg’s underscoring for “Christmas Day in the Morning” evokes the ... where it represented a stage in the journey toward Bethlehem. Like Buck, Seeger hoped to celebrate a Christmas ...

By Pastor Rod Anderson The 12 days of Christmas have run their glorious course and we are looking Epiphany squarely in the face on Jan. 6, and then for a whole season of worship weeks. On the ...

The Bounty of Bethlehem continued its tradition of serving thousands of meals to people in Hendersonville on Christmas Day. The 41st annual community Christmas dinner was a huge success ...

Christmas is a Christian holy day that marks the birth of Jesus, who Christians believe to be the Son of God. When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem the local inn was full with people returning ...

And St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland in McCandless wants to bring it to life this Christmas season. “A Visit to Bethlehem ... in the village vary from day to day, and in the case ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP ... President Frank-Walter Steinmeier rewrote his annual recorded Christmas Day speech to address the attack. He plans to acknowledge that “there is grief, pain ...

Jesus was born in Bethlehem because Joseph and Mary had ... Some Christians start Christmas Day with a midnight communion service (also called a midnight mass). Christmas dinners are also an ...