Groups of locals walked slowly toward Manger Square in front of the Church of the Nativity ... senior pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christian Church in Bethlehem, spoke of the importance ...

the pastor of Bethlehem’s Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, told NBC News. Next to the altar where Isaac delivers sermons is an unusual Nativity scene: For the second Christmas in a row ...

a local Lutheran pastor. "But Bethlehem is a sad town in solidarity with our siblings in Gaza." At his church, the Nativity scene shows baby Jesus lying in a pile of rubble. In the run-up to ...

(KOLN) - On Dec. 14 and 15, Peace Lutheran Church members set up their very own Bethlehem at the Red Willow ... and she came up with the idea of a living nativity.” Phil’s wife Janice ...

In many homes, the Nativity scene, illustrating the birth of Jesus, is probably the most important holiday decoration. On Friday, Dec. 6, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Appleton, the Nativity scene ...

You can browse the Bethlehem marketplace ... and donkeys. Immanuel Lutheran Church presents a live nativity during Plainview’s Olde Fashioned Christmas. Come see live actors and animals ...

Join the members of St. Paul, St. Matthew, Bethany and Grace Lutheran churches ... presentations at the nativity will take place every 15 minutes. Meet the shopkeepers of Bethlehem, King Herod ...

Christ in the Rubble nativities have popped up around the world after a Palestinian pastor, Munther Isaac of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, invented the new take on the nativity ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...

The 2023 nativity scene at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church of Bethlehem (photo by Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac and used with permission) Much like the long history of nativity scenes themselve ...

In some cases, these nativity scenes ... by the Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem in December 2023, and it soon saw copycats in Italy and abroad.