Pilgrims are drawn to sites including the Church of the Nativity, the Sea of Galilee ... Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jerusalem and the Galilee," Wood said. "I felt like I was walking in the footsteps ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious ... 50,000 in the West Bank and Jerusalem and 1,300 in Gaza, according to ...

Olive trees in the biblical Garden of Gethsemane at the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. Photo by John Theodor ... The boat’s body is made of 12 different types of wood, all mentioned in the Bible. A huge ...

Eileen Wood ... of the Nativity in Bethlehem, which is the site where Jesus was born," he said. Maskubi's favorite place to take pilgrims is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, one ...

On December 8, Pope Francis unveiled the Vatican’s annual nativity scene, which featured baby Jesus draped ... Figures of the Holy Family were carved from olive wood, further connecting the display to ...

Bethlehem workshops where carvers toil over small pieces of olive wood sit empty these days. On most Easters the shops lining the streets of the town known as Jesus’s birthplace would be ...

Not having all the right tools and machines myself, I often take the stuff to Beit Yisrael, part of Mea She’arim – the carpentry center of Jerusalem – and have the pieces cut, fixed up ...

In Bethlehem, heavy gunfire could be heard near the Church of the Nativity on Tuesday evening ... evening in the village of Isawiyah, north of Jerusalem. A curfew was placed on all Palestinian ...

In Greece, the sky was filled with fireworks, while worshippers in Jerusalem lit candles at the ... at the Church of the Nativity, where Jesus is believed to have been born. Dozens of people ...

Instead, all eyes turned to Aimee Lou Wood, one of the show’s newest stars, after she became an unexpected subject of a sketch on Saturday Night Live on April 13, 2025. What was meant to be a playful ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Tens of thousands of people have gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem for the traditional priestly blessing prayer. The ...

Madonna and infant Jesus painted on a wood. Nativity Christmas Illustration Mary and Joseph A nativity Christmas scene illustration of the Mary and Joseph a donkey on their journey, the star of ...