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 ...

The hotel is on the site of Bethlehem’s first house. It’s where, on Christmas Eve in 1741, Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf and other Moravian settlers named Bethlehem in honor of the ...

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2023 | 11:13 PM Gaza's deadliest ever war cast a pall of gloom over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve Sunday, as the death toll spiralled and Israel shifted its strikes to the besieged territory's south.

In a normal year, Bethlehem would be a “city full of ... will still come to deliver his traditional midnight mass on Christmas Eve, but with pilgrims staying away and access to the city ...

After leading the effort since 2020, outgoing director Annamarie Jakubielski has announced she will step down to focus on ...

On Christmas Eve in 1223, in cave near the cliffside village ... There will be no Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem this year. Shaimaa Khalil reports from the birthplace of Jesus.

When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem the local inn was full with ... as well as candlelit services and midnight masses on Christmas Eve. The wise men brought Jesus gifts of gold, as well ...