In the dead of night, when some might be hesitant to answer a knock on their front door, Peggy Dimoff welcomed a group of revelers into her home on the edge of town. The 92-year-old retired garment ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania city after the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating ...

Orthodox Christians have gathered in Bethlehem this week, the city recognised as the birthplace of Jesus, to mark Christmas.

The Christmas editorial on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is a hopeful message for us all (“The lesson of the light in ...

It had been set up to detect a possible soviet missile attack on the United… ‘Our hearts are in Bethlehem’: Pope calls attention to victims of war at Christmas Eve Mass Recalling Jesus ...

Orthodox Christians gathered in Bethlehem to mark Christmas eve on Monday; unlike other branches of Christianity, the Orthodox Church marks Christmas on 7th January. The service took place in the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The cheer that typically descends on ...

The video is from late October 2022, not December 2024, and was recorded outside of a church in Beit Sahour, a small town ...

Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding seven others.

A Greek Orthodox clergy member kisses a young worshipper at the Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus Christ ...

Today is the day Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas, as observed in the Julian calendar, with Sts. Peter and Paul ...

The city's history centered at the corner of Hotel Bethlehem, where a plaque marks the spot. "Here in the first house that a group of Moravians came together on Christmas Eve in 1741. They decided ...