"We know nothing about the artist who painted the nativity scene, and only have this ghostly X-ray image to go by – but it ...

In late summer of 1994, The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute at the University of Dayton began an earnest effort to collect various contemporary cultural expressions of the ...

We've all seen those scenes on TV and we want to try to bring that reality home to people here." This year marks the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis' original nativity scene. In Gaza ...

On Christmas Eve in 1223, in cave near the cliffside village of Greccio in Italy, St Francis of Assisi created what's thought to be the first nativity scene. It was staged for the local villagers ...

For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.'” (Luke 2:10-11) The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus is one of the most joyful days of the Orthodox Church. It ...

By Paolo Ondarza Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major ties its origins to a prodigious event: a snowfall in Rome in the middle ...

Freeing us from the curse, He gave us His blessings. Abolishing death, He granted us eternal life. (Apolytikion of Nativity of the Theotokos) The Feast of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the ...

The nativity story follows Mary and Joseph from being told they will have a baby by the angel Gabriel, through to the birth of Jesus and the visits from the shepherds and wise men. The story of ...

From covert Cold War-era subterranean cities and war-time defence tunnels to underground passages used to smuggle goods, ...

The original Munich Christmas market ... The stalls sell complete nativity scenes, individual figures and everything you need to decorate a nativity scene. You should definitely take a look ...