In the Christian tradition, Herod is the villain in the Christmas story. The Gospel of Matthew recounts how the king orders the death of all baby boys following the birth of Jesus, an event called ...

The nativity story follows Mary and Joseph from being told they will have a baby by the angel Gabriel, through to the birth of Jesus and the visits from the shepherds and wise men. The story of ...

The biblical story Nativity plays take creative liberties ... Both also agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem during King Herod's reign (Matthew 2:1, Luke 2:4-7). Luke details the angel's ...

When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. ‘Get up,’ he said, ‘take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for ...

A nativity trail where actors tell the story of Christmas around a ... innkeepers and a tyrannical King Herod. It is the first time the trail has centred entirely around the cathedral and starts ...

Invision/AP NEW YORK — The children crumple and fall to the stage, victims of King Herod’s assassins ... and even a flying boat to tell the Nativity story through the eyes of Mary.