“O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie,” begins a beloved Christmas carol sung since ... experts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This is no small ...

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads a Christmas procession outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem — HAZEM BADER Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the ...

Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem.They include the “putz,” a Nativity scene that tells the story of Christ’s birth with ...

A question frequently heard by astronomers near Christmas is, “What was the Star ... Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art ...

Christmas is an equal opportunity holiday. It's celebrated in churches, homes, town squares, and on TV. And it's celebrated in less likely places, too. For instance: your local planetarium.

Some are even calling it a “Christmas star,” a name that harkens ... perhaps of Jupiter — may explain the fabled star of Bethlehem. And astronomers have other theories.

ASHEVILLE - The Christmas Star set high in the Bethlehem sky offering guidance ... illuminated star inspired by an art installation previously erected to encourage goodwill and cheer 95 years ...

And with the town’s record of not only the Bethlehem star, but also the first documented Christmas tree in the nation, and Christmas markets on both sides of the bustling town’s river ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank >> The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war.

Jupiter and Saturn came together in a “Great Conjunction” in 2020 that was unlike any seen in nearly 800 years. The two planets appeared so close together in Earth’s night sky on the winter ...

The atmosphere in Bethlehem on the eve of Christmas this year is somber, dark, sad — and political. The mass of Boy Scouts who traditionally accompany the Latin Patriarch’s procession into the ...