On May 11, Father Pawel Sass, Nativity’s pastor, joined parishioners in breaking ground for the new lift/elevator. Father ...

Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus and two don’t mention it. The Gospel of Mark has people of Galilee referring to Jesus as ...

Travelers to the West Bank often visit Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, which is believed to mark the site of Jesus’ birth. In the second century, Saint Justin Martyr identified the cave ...

Every year, Christians around the world mark Jesus’ traditional birth story with Nativity plays and Christmas festivities. The celebrated event is described in the Book of Luke, stating Mary ...

On Christmas Eve, Ukrainian families create a living Nativity scene by spreading straw across the floor and placing hay beneath the dinner tablecloth. “This gesture connects the birth of Jesus ...

So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus, and two don’t mention it. The Gospel of Mark has people of Galilee referring to Jesus as the son ...

For the third year in a row, Heidi Pelligra will transform part of her property into a Bethlehemian barn just like the one Jesus Christ ... use the barn for a live Nativity scene.’ ...

Actors present the story of Jesus’ birth during a live Nativity pageant Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, at the Bethlehem Rose Garden. The three wise men enter as volunteer actors present the story of ...

The figure of the baby Jesus will be ... as part of the Catholic nativity tradition, in which the baby is added on Christmas Eve night to mark the moment of Jesus’s birth. The manger scene ...

In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ... [nativity] story as it is written in the Bible — the story of a Jewish girl giving birth ...

Netflix’s new feature Mary - a biblical epic about the mother of Jesus - is facing backlash for ... The story of a Palestinian mother who gave birth in a ruined building, on the run from ...

With Christmastime comes the reminder of Jesus' birth, which has been adapted to the screen several times throughout the years, from The Nativity Story to Journey to Bethlehem. Even the recent ...