Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity ... on this spot 2,000 years ago: the birth of Jesus Christ. As the war between Israel and Hamas ...
The infant-slaying Herod mentioned here is the same one that ruled at the time of ... slay all the infants of Bethlehem and the parts round about, from two years old and under, thinking that with them ...
A fragment of wood believed to have formed part of Jesus ... but Bethlehem is a popular place for Christian pilgrims from around the world, particularly at Christmas time. Tens of thousands ...
Worshippers in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre surround the restored Edicule, a shrine that Christian tradition says was built over the burial place of Jesus Christ. The shrine ...