Main Street is the heart of the Historic Moravian Bethlehem District, built by its original Moravian settlers, a Protestant ...

Salisbury High School held its 2025 prom Friday, May 9, 2025, at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. See photos below as students and ...

Bethlehem (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday cheer was absent in the ...

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

But as Bethlehem prepares to mark its second Christmas under the shadow of the war in Gaza, there are almost no tourists, leaving the Nativity Store and other businesses unsure of how much longer ...

Bethlehem Plans Another Somber Christmas Under the Shadow of War in Gaza BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items ...

hristmas commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem more than 2000 years ago. The joy of Jesus’ birth colors the world on Christmas Day. Symbols and decorations for Christmas are not ...

Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem. They include the "putz," a Nativity scene that tells the story of Christ's birth with ...

"We want to show the world that Bethlehem is not having Christmas as usual", he said. Prayers will go on, and the Catholic Church's Latin Patriarch will make the trip from Jerusalem as usual ...

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

On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city. The Church of the Nativity that ...