A later excavation near the Church of the Nativity in 2016 was ... Part of the reason that many scholars doubt that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea is that even the best Biblical sources ...

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 ...

Even the Gospels that claim Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea cannot agree ... During his excavations, Oshri discovered a large Byzantine-era church with a hidden cave, sections of a wall ...

It is supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus ... Bethlehem this late in her pregnancy?" Well, we know that God is a stickler for detail. Scripture had said the Messiah would be born ...

The atmosphere in Bethlehem, the town where Jesus was born, was more relaxed this Christmas ... Marinella Bandini As the day was coming to an end, the Church of St. Catherine — the Latin ...

(RNS) — A year ago, the Rev. Munther Isaac, pastor of Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem ... in the city where the Bible says Jesus was born. It was a bold protest against ...

You don’t have to be a follower of Jesus Christ to know He was born in the tiny, nondescript town of Bethlehem. The well-known Christmas carol, “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” ensures that.

opposite the Church of the Nativity which is built atop a cave where Christians believe Jesus was born more than 2,000 years ago. But like last year, Bethlehem's municipality had decided to opt ...

The Church of the Nativity ... gatherings on the streets in 2024. “Bethlehem is special at Christmas. It is so special in the Holy Land. Jesus was born here”, said Mr Souad Handal, a 55 ...

Image: Bethlehem's Christian community ... the Church of Holy Sepulchre - where Jesus was crucified - to the Church of the Nativity, where he was born in refuge. "This is an important more than ...