Did Joseph and Mary really need to go to Bethlehem because of a Roman census, or is this unhistorical, as some scholars ...

We string our lights, trim our trees, talk about the holiday, hear recorded songs mentioning the birth of Jesus... But how ...

Of all the characters in this for real story, we have a tendency to mix up the facts about the magi the most. Let's allow the ...

This means that Joseph has to go from Galilee south to Judea—from Nazareth to the root system of his family tree, Bethlehem—to register. Mary, in her very pregnant state, has to travel the rutted ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem from Nazareth during Mary’s pregnancy in order to be enrolled in a census in Joseph’s ancestral home. The census had been ordered ...

WHEN Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem more than two thousand years ago, it was a miracle that he and his mother survived. It was not a happy birth. Saint Luke tells us that it was an awful ...

To ensure their safety, Mary and Joseph flee to Bethlehem, but all the inns are full with visitors who have come for the rumored birth of the Messiah. Meanwhile, King Herod has his wife Mariamne ...

Matthew also says that after Herod dies from an illness, Joseph, Mary and Jesus do not return to Bethlehem. Instead, they travel north to Nazareth in Galilee, which is modern-day Nazareth in Israel.

RANGELEY — Rangeley Friends of the Arts presented its annual Walk to Bethlehem for the 45th year ... a living nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, their baby Jesus, the Wise Men, shepherds and ...

They kill Mary’s father. Mary and Joseph flee to Bethlehem, where there is no vacancy at any inn, due to an influx of people in town for the rumored birth of the Messiah. Mary is nearly ...