Around the corner from the spot where Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a Catholic family runs a small workshop carving Nativity scenes out of olive wood. The Zakharia Brothers woodworking factory has ...

A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem ... 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 ...

On Saturday, Pope Francis unveiled a nativity ... of olive wood carving is a pillar of the community’s economic and cultural identity dating back to the 4th century. The Star of Bethlehem ...

A Christian businessman from Bethlehem who runs a store that sells hand-carved olive wood Nativity scenes said on a visit to Birmingham this week that tourism in the birthplace of Jesus has dried ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now been placed in the nativity scene without the kefiah. In the Paul VI Hall ...

Called the “Nativity of Bethlehem 2024,” the scene was ... Carving statues and religious scenes from olive wood has been a pillar of the Holy Land’s economic and cultural identity for ...

It was in Bethlehem, perhaps the best known ... run a small workshop that specializes in hand-carved Nativity scenes out of olive wood. The brothers are world famous, having provided their ...

“This keffiyeh represents the people who had presented the Nativity scene.” He added that ... Some evidence shows that the use of olive wood in Bethlehem dates back to the fourth century ...