The Holy Family Cave is a sculpture that depicts a harrowing tableau: a bombed-out version of the traditional nativity ... form a star, inspired by the Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to ...

Younger generations are choosing other career paths, and after two years of war, fathers don’t see a future in the artisanal crafts for ... presentation of the Bethlehem Nativity to Pope Francis ...

In 2020, the professor told Express.co.uk: "At the east end of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity is a cave that has a 14-pointed silver star laid on a marble pavement marking the spot venerated ...

The eastern end of the traditional route from Jerusalem to the Church, known as the Pilgrimage route, marks the road that connects the traditional entrance of Bethlehem, near King David’s Wells with ...

Christmas Eve in Bethlehem is quiet this year - no giant tree at the Church of the Nativity, no carols in Manger Square. Churches in the Holy Land officially canceled Christmas celebrations due to ...

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 in a checkered Palestinian kaffiyeh ...

With modern computer software, it's easy for astronomers to calculate the positions of stars thousands of years ago, at the click of a button. Before computers, ancient astronomers had to plot the ...