the 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
Puritans also did not oppose commemorating the Nativity on principle, even if they objected to its practice at the time.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 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
Worshippers lit candles and prayed at the nativity scene, with the figures standing amid an installation of rubble and razor wire, outside the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square in Bethlehem.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2023
We had a small tree and we got clothes for presents, but the most important thing was going to visit the Nativity scene at the church and going to la misa de gallo, midnight mass.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
