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"Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow" is a song telling the story of Christmas morning, describing a "star in the East" that will lead to the birthplace of Christ. The title derives from a lyric repeated throughout the song. Depending on how the song is arranged and performed, it is known variously as a spiritual, hymn, carol, gospel song, or folk song.
In line with its Christmas theme the book contained several pieces based on the Christian nativity story, including: The Gospel According to a Sheep by Richard Curtis with additions by Douglas Adams. This tells the story of the nativity night from the point of view of a sheep that gets eaten as part of the celebrations, and therefore has a ...
It is also known as Adoration of the Christ Child with St Vincent Ferrer or Nativity with St George and St Vincent Ferrer. It was painted between 1455 (the year of saint Vincent Ferrer's canonisation) and 1466 (the year the artist left Prato after fourteen years there). The work was probably damaged by a fire in the church in 1467, requiring ...
In 2020, Faith McDowell told the story as "The Christmas Spider." [24] In 2021, Miriam Monette told the story as "The Christmas Spider: the Nativity Story Retold for Children" featuring the Christmas Spider as a visitor to Bethlehem. [25] In 2022, Andrew Gorman told the story as "The Legend of the Christmas Spider." [26] [27] [28]
The story behind the Christmas carol "Silent Night" and the story of "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" are two examples. [1] [2] Films revolving around the Nativity story of Christmas are regularly produced such as The Nativity Story (2006), The Star (2017), and A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965). [3]
Below Joseph is a large metal grate, possibly covering the mouth of an underground cistern. In the background, to the left, is a tiny scene of an angel announcing the birth of Jesus to shepherds, while to the right is a city scene with a road, walls and towers. Detail, central panel. The two smaller side panels show related scenes.
Outrage exploded online after Pope Francis inaugurated a nativity scene, designed by two artists from Bethlehem and featuring a keffiyeh wrapped around Jesus’s manger, in St. Peter’s Square on ...
At the left, there are the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi, the Twelve-Year-Old Christ, also known as Jesus among the Doctors, and Christ and Judas. At the center there is the main panel of the Crucifixion (Kreuzigung), and at the right, there are the panels depicting The Women at the Tomb, the Resurrection, the Ascension, and Doubting ...