BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) — Artisans in and around Bethlehem specialize in carving wood from a tree that makes several appearances in the Bible. They consider the work — a millennium-old ...

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ROOSEVELT PARK, MI – Over 300 handmade wood carvings from the 1800s depicting the life of Christ are on display this weekend at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 3225 Roosevelt.

Art World Palestinian Artists Create Nativity Scene for the Vatican. Pope Francis unveiled the work, which features traditional olive wood carving and a Palestinian keffiyeh.

A small but anatomically perfect wooden Christ on the cross is set to cause a stir in the art world this weekend as it appears in Florence for the first time, b ...

Nearly 600 ornamental carvings - known as ‘bosses’ - are under inspection at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford.

Mahmoud Hawari, director of the Palestinian Museum in the West Bank, says olive wood carving has been a livelihood for Holy Land Christians in Bethlehem since the fourth century A.D., the ...

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