Wikipedia: The Church of the Nativity (Arabic: كنيسة المهد‎) in Bethlehem is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world. The structure is built over the cave that tradition marks as the birthplace of Christ, and it is considered sacred by followers of both Christianit...

Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Stories, Israel It's only a few days after Christmas and people are asking, "How were the holidays?" as if once the 25th passes there's no more need for cheer bearing gatherings or reasons to feel merry and bright. I'm still resonating. When I read Jamil Hamid...

Seems that the Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests turned the Nativity of Jesus into "Not a Silent Night". Turns out the each have their own section of the Nativity Shrine and when one Orthodox stepped into the Armenian section, we......