The star is mentioned twice, and the text implies the first sighting was at the time of Jesus's birth.

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

The church is topped with a star that is lit at night ... Those who do visit these two Nativity treasures can continue singing Little Town of Bethlehem’s later verses: How silently, how silently ...

With Christmas just around the corner, carol concerts and nativity ... site in Bethlehem is part of a large religious complex. Set in the marble floor of the Grotto is a silver star which ...

The little town of Bethlehem has cancelled ... Orthodox church of the Nativity, a few steps below the chancel is a small subterranean cave where a 14-point silver star on the marble floor marks ...

Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the usually bustling place filled with foreign tourists and pilgrims flocking to ...

(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) Palestinian security forces, meanwhile, arranged barriers near the Nativity Church, built atop the ...

The traditional Christian procession arrived in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus ... the last stretch of the way to the Church of the Nativity. He was received by Christian representatives.