Bethlehem

The great king's feast

On this day in the year 1637, a man reported a vision that he had seen. These were the last words of Nicholas Ferrar, who died at Little Gidding shortly after midnight on Monday 4 December 1637, just as Advent Sunday had ended....

Season of song, story

AACC's Pascal Center presents opera, dance, classical, jazz Opera AACC paired Gian Carlo Menotti's rarely performed cantata The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi with his familiar Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors for...

Church wants to help mother of baby abandoned in manger

Posted: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 9:30 (GMT) The church in Germany where a newborn baby boy was found in the manger of its nativity scene has said it wants to try and help the mother and child. The priest of Peter and Paul...

'La Posada' Shines New Light On The Greatest Story Ever Told

This holiday season, Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg will play host to a somewhat nontraditional rendition of the Christmas story. Mary and Joseph are there, and they're still making a trek - but this time, they're...

Event harkens to ancient times

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.04.2008 The public is invited to a bustling Bethlehem Marketplace from 10:15 to around 11:15 a.m. Sunday at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave., at East River Road....

What's so scary about Creation Museum?

By Peter Bronson • December 4, 2008 What's so scary about Creation Museum? The live Nativity at the Creation Museum will have an actual, living, cud-chewing camel. Cuddly lambs might seem harmless to the average visitor, but...

Bethlehem drive-through coming to Westlake

Westminster Presbyterian Church will host the annual Bethlehem Experience from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 13 and Sun., Dec. 14 at the church, 32111 Watergate Road, Westlake Village. The event will feature lifelike sets, props...

The First Palestinian Spy Satellite [Brain Off]

Article: Back in August, we were mapping Bethlehem, and relaxed in this wonderful park, transformed from a former Israeli military base (and before that Jordanian). We did some kite photography. The first Palestinian Spy...

Christmas in Christmas: Places with holiday names

Douglas Taylor became postmaster of Noel, Missouri, the week before Thanksgiving last year. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2007, the Noel Post Office processed 30,428 Christmas cards and packages — double the usual...

Blessed Rosaries for the Sri Lankan Soldiers

On behalf of the Catholic Communities of Ramallah and Bethlehem a consignment of rosaries made of olive wood of the holy land of Palestine were handed over to Dr. T. Jayasinghe, Representative of Sri Lanka in Palestine by Mr....

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