Louis Michel, the Catholic owner of St. Patrick Store, another Bethlehem shop that sells Christian merchandise, from locally made olive-wood nativity scenes and gold crosses to votive candles and ...

Exhibits included a chair made from interlocking planes of olive wood "I looked at how other designers and artists have used roots in the past and it's always in a more sculptural way," Penadés ...

the Vatican's Nativity scene had a newborn Jesus resting in a manger while wrapped in a keffiyeh—considered a symbol of pro-Palestinian activism. The scene, carved in wood from olive trees ...

the nativity scene prominently features Palestinian materials, including olive wood, a symbol of Palestinian resilience. During its unveiling, Pope Francis condemned the global arms industry for ...

In the recently renovated fourth-century Orthodox church of the Nativity, a few steps below ... Shops selling mother-o’-pearl jewellery and olive-wood handicrafts, restaurants, cafes, taxis ...

Bethlehem Plans Another Somber Christmas Under the Shadow of War in Gaza BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items ...

Pope Francis unveiled this year's Nativity scene at the Vatican this week. The scene was crafted by Palestinian artists from Bethlehem and features Mary, Joseph and Jesus carved out of olive wood, a ...

The artwork, “Nativity of Bethlehem 2024,” was created with olive wood, mother-of-pearl, and other materials, showcasing Palestinian symbolism. This display follows Pope Francis’ recent ...

The Nativity scene in the square came from the ... by people from Bethlehem and Palestinian authorities. It featured olive-wood statues of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus, who was lying on a ...

Some evidence shows that the use of olive wood in Bethlehem dates back to the fourth century during the construction of the Basilica of the Nativity, Adonia said. And Franciscan monks introduced ...

A nativity scene at the Vatican depicting baby Jesus wrapped ... The scene featured a carved olive wood depiction of the Holy Family and a Bethlehem Star inscribed in Latin and Arabic with the message ...