Typically, these places are adorned with the most beautiful and joyful decorations. During this season, hope and love fill ...

Orthodox Christians in Gaza City marked their Christmas simply with prayers for peace. There was no joy or celebrations, as ...

Orthodox Christians have marked a sombre Christmas in war-torn Gaza, with worshippers saying there would be no gifts for ...

During this season, hope and love fill Gaza’s streets and the hearts of its people. It starts in mid-November, when the shops begin to put up their Christmas decorations, including in particular ...

Orthodox Armenian Christians celebrated Christmas in Bethlehem on Saturday with a midnight mass. For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations have been somber and muted, in ...

Ramez al- Souri is a Palestinian Christian living in Gaza. He’s struggling to find hope and joy during the Christmas season, while surrounded by the constant loss and destruction of the war.

As Christmas arrives, the small Christian community in the Gaza Strip is again facing a season mired in war. Once a time marked by family gatherings, decorations and liturgies, the holiday this ...

Fayka now lives with her family in the Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza. Fayka is among 150 Christian children forced to spend Christmas under bombardment. Gone are the gifts ...

By Aaron Boxerman Reporting from Jerusalem Ramez Souri, a Christian in Gaza, says he has little to celebrate this Christmas. Fourteen months into the war, he still sleeps on the grounds of St.