Days ahead of Christmas, when the world celebrates the birth of Jesus, scientists have raised a question over something believed for centuries that Christ was born in Bethlehem. This is not the ...

A few years ago in Bethlehem, early one morning, under the surveillance of watchtowers, I walked down the hill from the place where Christ was born—from the Church of the Nativity at the heart of the ...

On Bethlehem's Manger Square ... of Armenian monks echo from the crypt where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born. "Normally on this day you would find 3,000 or 4,000 people inside the ...

We live in an open-air prison, faced with numerous hardships, but we prefer to remain in Bethlehem.” A Christian faith that is never flaunted, but rooted in the land where Jesus was born, underlies ...

“During the time of Christ’s birth, one of these stationary points occurred when Jupiter was directly overhead in Bethlehem for several nights, aligning with biblical accounts,” said Ki ...

Just a couple of days ago I was praying at the exact spot where Christ was born in Bethlehem—in the Church of the Nativity, which the Palestinian Christian community built around the spot.

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.

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 ...

This week, three bright planets are making that case to be this year's “Star of Bethlehem” or “Christmas ... that rose after the birth of Jesus Christ — that the wise men then followed ...