Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the ... took place on this spot 2,000 years ago: the birth of Jesus Christ. As the war between Israel and Hamas ...

This suggests that no heir is living or available in the prophet’s time. Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem enables Matthew to link his coming to Micah’s hopes for Israel’s restoration. Mt. 2:17-18 cites ...

The Bethlehem story may have been added later to align Jesus' birth with the Old Testament prophecy of the Messiah coming from the city of David. The earliest Gospel, Mark, omits Jesus' birth ...

We see Oisin and Alice standing on a desert road beside a sign leading to Bethlehem. * NARRATOR: Today we are going to learn about the birth of Jesus! Cut to the interior of the stable as Mary ...

“A Visit to Bethlehem,” a live reenactment of the time and birth of Jesus, will take place at the church on Cumberland Road from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 7, 8, 14 and 15, “The church transforms the ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Being of the house and lineage of David, Joseph had to return to Bethlehem, the city of David, to be registered. During this time, Mary gave birth to Jesus in a manger because there was no room ...

By Christopher Wells In his continuing catechetical series on “Jesus our Hope,” Pope Francis turned to the birth of Jesus in ...

The nativity story is one of the most well-known biblical narratives, but was Jesus truly born in Bethlehem? While both Matthew and Luke place his birth there, their accounts differ significantly, and ...

Thus, both have traditions that Jesus was born in Bethlehem and raised ... How might Christmas be a time for Christians to seek to draw closer to Jesus in his Jewish humanity? Luke’s Zechariah sings ...