Christmas celebrations returned this year to both Bethlehem and Nazareth, but the season is unfolding very differently in the two cities that sit at the heart of Christianity — Bethlehem, the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday ...

Bethlehem, where Christians believe Jesus was born, had canceled Christmas celebrations during the war. But on Wednesday, the ...

Standing in Manger Square, where the scent of incense mixed with drumbeats from scouting bands, Father Issa Thaljieh, a Greek ...

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit. The giant Christmas tree that was absent during the Israel-Hamas ...

JERUSALEM — In December 2023, the Advent season in Fassuta, a Melkite Christian village about nine miles from the Lebanese border, was solemn and fraught with danger. While the war raged between ...

For the second consecutive year, Advent and Christmas in the Holy Land arrive at a time of war. This past weekend, the people in the small town where Jesus was born welcomed the friars of the Custody ...