In the 640s, Sophronius, the patriarch of Jerusalem, sent several unassuming wooden slats to Rome for safekeeping after the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem. Sophronius asked Pope Theodore I to protect ...
Christmas is here.Of the usual sights that adorn the landscape during the season, spectacular cribs that depict the birth of Jesus Christ stand out.Both churches and houses in Madurai have set up ...
It’s unfortunate that the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree has far surpassed the practice of laying out a crib for the babe in manger. Which is surprising because the very point of celebrating ...
The Baby Jesus set up near the Memorial Monument in Floriana was broken in another theft attempt last week. It will now be replaced and bolted to the manger. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli Baby Jesus ...
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7). Nativity scenes have been a ...
The yearly Nativity play in the Franciscan Friary in Essa Nagri brings the birth of Jesus Christ to life as children and volunteers dress up as the Virgin Mary, shepherds and baby Christ. But while ...
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