Posts Tagged ‘nativity’

Germany: Baby Jesus beheaded along with other Nativity figures in latest attack on Christians

Unknown perpetrators beheaded baby Jesus and other figures in a Christmas nativity scene over the weekend in the city of Rüsselsheim. The attack featured the figures, primarily made out of Styrofoam, having their hands severed and their heads removed; some of them were also knocked over. The figures, which were displayed in the town’s market […]

Celebrating the Nativity

January 04, 2023 Dear friends, I will be taking a few days off, from Thursday until Sunday evening, to attend church services at my parish.  God willing, I should be back at the keyboard by Monday.  On this occasion I will leave you with some beautiful Orthodox singing for the Nativity. I wish all those […]

Churches in UK Begin Replacing Jesus & Nativity With “Queer” Characters

Churches in England are erasing references to the nativity and Jesus, replacing them with “queer” characters instead. All Saints with Holy Trinity Church in Loughborough held a Mayor’s Community Carol Service on Monday. Summit.news reports: […] The post Churches in UK Begin Replacing Jesus & Nativity With “Queer” Characters appeared first on News Punch. Source

Trees, nativity scenes and markets: People start to celebrate Christmas season

From Christmas trees at the Vatican to nativity scenes in Bethlehem, holidaymakers are starting to celebrate the Christmas season. Source

Moving nativity scene draws visitors to Polish monastery

One of the larger moving nativity scenes in Poland was created at famous Jasna Gora Sancturay, south Poland. This year’s Jasna Gora moving Christmas crib consists of over 400 figurines, 300 of them are movable. They from Poland, Italy, Portugal and Germany. Everything that happens around the central character,baby Jesus,is an attempt to recreate everyday […]

Unveiling The Star Of Bethlehem Amid The Celestial Tableau Of Jesus’ Nativity

The ‘Star of Bethlehem’ described in the Gospel of Matthew remains one of astronomy’s greatest mysteries. Matthew 2:1-12 explains how magi or astrologer-priests observed the rising of a certain star which imparted that the ‘King of the Jews’ had been born. The star then makes a supernatural maneuver—veering from its mathematically preordained course and going […]

Drone over Bethlehem shows a near empty Nativity Church on Orthodox Christmas

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Ancient Eulogia Token Depicts An Unusual Nativity Scene

An ancient stone token depicting a deeply religious scene, the Nativity, was discovered in the Holy Land. It’s being described as being “unlike all others,” because it doesn’t feature Mary and Joseph. Yesterday, on Christmas Eve, we published an article about an Israeli researcher who has presented new evidence of the earliest Christian pilgrimage route […]

An Ox, an Ass … a Dragon? Sorry, there were no Animals in the Bible’s Nativity Scene

From nativity plays to crèche sets to Christmas cards, animals are ubiquitous in our vision of the birth of Christ – but according to the Bible, not a single animal was there. Where did all these animals come from, and why are they now so central to the story? Only two parts of the Bible […]

Extreme Christcuckery: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Nativity Scene at Church

(CBSLA) Like other churches, Claremont Unified Methodist Church set up a holiday nativity scene, but they did it with a twist. Their nativity scene depicted Black individuals and paid homage to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Vatican City presents Nativity Scene, lights up Christmas tree

A few hundred people gathered for the annual lighting of the traditional Nativity scene and the Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square. Most visitors were not allowed inside due to COVID-19 restrictions. Earlier in the week, Pope Francis offered a message of hope during “this difficult period”. “As you can see in the square the […]

Trump skips Nativity Church during brief visit to Bethlehem as Palestinians protest potential renewal of US-led ‘peace process’

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — Shops were forced to close and roads were barricaded throughout the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, hours before U.S. President Donald Trump made his first ever visit to the West Bank. On the main road of the city, which used to link Bethlehem to Jerusalem before the […]

Trump skips Nativity Church during brief visit to Bethlehem as Palestinians protest potential renewal of US-lead ‘peace process’

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — Shops were forced to close and roads were barricaded throughout the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, hours before U.S. President Donald Trump made his first ever visit to the West Bank. On the main road of the city, which used to link Bethlehem to Jerusalem before the […]

Will Israel’s policies fail of their own accord?

This is part of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss. To read the entire series visit the archive page. With another New Year approaching and no positive movement on the ground, the word from the Israeli left, at least what remains of it, is foreboding. The indefatigable reporter, Amira Hass, is […]

BREAKING: Al Sharpton Just Got Some DEVASTATING News That We Have ALL Been Waiting For…

Dean James AMERICA’S FREEDOM FIGHTERS– Professional race-baiter Al Sharpton just got some bad news and it came from no other than his buddy BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA! Sharpton will be prohibited from leaving the country because of a new bill Obama signed into law, specifically, H.R. 22, which has a provision that authorizes the State Department to revoke the […]

Nativity Scene Now Up – Town of Frisco Does the Right Thing!

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BRINGING THE NATIVITY SCENE BACK TO THE PUBLIC SQUARE

Written by Brother Nathanael | 17 July 2010 BRINGING THE NATIVITY SCENE BACK TO THE PUBLIC SQUARE. Brother Nathanael met with two influential community leaders in Frisco CO to set up a Nativity this coming December. Brother Nathanael wishes to set up a precedent in this community in order to set up Nativity scenes regionally […]

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