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 ...

From Bethlehem to the Midwest ... For two days, parishioners browsed tables filled with ornately carved crucifixes, olive wood rosaries, and miniature nativity scenes. Some stopped to talk. Others ...

This past Christmas, the Vatican's Nativity scene ... carved in wood from olive trees, was designed by Palestinian artists Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi, both natives of Bethlehem.

The classic nativity ... the scene, handmade Fetish Bears from New Mexico, and scrap metal twisted into Mary’s likeness, were a sharp contrast to classically carved motifs out of olive wood ...

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 ...

Created by Bethlehem artists Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi, the nativity scene prominently features Palestinian materials, including olive wood, a symbol of Palestinian resilience.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927.

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 ...

Nativity scenes celebrating ... from Christ’s birthplace, Bethlehem – and in this country they remain one time the most widespread symbols of Christmas. Almost every family has one, large or small, ...

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

“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 ...

The scene featured a carved olive wood depiction of the Holy Family and a ... Its inclusion in the nativity scene carried profound meaning, given Bethlehem’s significance as the birthplace of Jesus ...