A charming puppet show, likely from the 1960s, depicting the story of Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem and the birth of ...

Matthew's gospel suggests that the holy family lived in Bethlehem and only moved later to flee King Herod's massacre of the innocents after Jesus' birth. Luke, on the other hand, gives us the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — It isn’t subtle. Nor is it intended to be. Instead of a pastoral-looking Nativity scene, the creche features baby Jesus wrapped ... of Christ’s birth, hard times ...

Father Issa Thaljieh, a 40-year-old Greek Orthodox parish priest at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, kneels at the spot where tradition says Jesus was ... of Christ’s birth, hard times ...