nativity
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These are the Annunciation, the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi; Jesus praying on the Mount of Olives, the Crucifixion and the Lamentation; and, finally, the Resurrection, Ascension and Pentecost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
This is especially noticeable in the Nativity panel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
At his church, the Nativity scene shows baby Jesus lying in a pile of rubble.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
During these days before Christmas, Christians are supposed to travel to the West Bank to pray in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
From Slate • Dec. 24, 2024
What were they supposed to do after they had visited the flowers and the Church of the Nativity and the other holy spots lined up like pearly buttons across the stony ground?
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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