Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago.

Scripture had said the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, so that’s where Mary ... There was no room for Jesus at the inn, just like there’s no room for Him in some people’s lives today.

Orthodox Christians have gathered in Bethlehem this week, the city recognised as the birthplace of Jesus, to mark Christmas.

Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the usually bustling place filled with foreign tourists and pilgrims flocking to ...

Jesus understood family blessings and struggles on a personal level, and He learned from being part of a family. His early ...

In Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank ... by the revered church that marks the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, a group of scouts held a parade that broke the ...

Down in the manger by the enshrined spot where baby Jesus was said to be born, a priest solemnly swings incense into the corners. Image: Bethlehem's Christian community struggles to celebrate amid ...

More than two million tourists and pilgrims usually visit the birthplace of Jesus, accounting for more ... “I have to say that Christmas in Bethlehem is always nice, but this time is the second ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically ...

traditionally recognized by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Tuesday, Dec 24, 2024. (Photo: AP/Nasser Nasser) "Christmas is a feast of faith ...

According to the Christian Christmas story, Jesus was born in a lowly stable in Bethlehem because there was no more room in the local inns. Around 2,000 years later, almost all of Bethlehem's ...

A worshipper walks through the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024.