Yasmeen Mazzawi, an Arab Christian who attended Nazareth Baptist School as a teenager, observed an unexpected joy as Christmas returned to her hometown of Nazareth for ...

Near the Church of the Annunciation, where tourists can pick up souvenirs, most of the shops are now owned and run by Muslims - NICOLAS GARCIA/AFP The centuries-old Christian population in the holy ...

For the last two years, Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus Christ, has not been able to properly celebrate Christmas. Due to the war in Gaza, there has not been a tree in the village square, and the ...

Christmas returns to Bethlehem amid ongoing concerns over Christian population decline from 86% in 1950 to just 10% today, ...

Israel's 184,200 Christians mark Christmas as CBS data reveals a community with remarkable education rates and deep roots across Nazareth, Haifa, and Jerusalem. As church bells ring out across ...

The church in Israel is the fourth of 30 Catholic shrines around the world to lead the rosary during the month-long initiative introduced by Pope Francis. The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, ...

"You're not going to find an inscription saying this is the house of Jesus," Ken Dark admits, but the professor of archaeology and history at England's Reading University believes there's a strong ...

NAZARETH, Israel - We climbed the narrow streets of Jesus' boyhood home in Nazareth and looked out from a steep ridge. Did he really walk here? A broad valley winds northeast toward the Sea of Galilee ...

For any Christian, there can be no place more meaningful to visit than Israel. Steeped in history, this is the country where Christ was born, raised, ministered, arrested, crucified and, finally, ...

Quietly, almost desperately, Nazareth’s tourist industry announced the beginning of the tourism season last month. “A selection of restaurants, attractions, nature, archaeology, mosques and, ...