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 ...

In his shop, he sells hand-carved nativity sets made of olive wood. But due to the lack of business, Jimmy and some of his family flew to Utah from Jerusalem on Monday to participate in the ...

Although the Nativity is unmarked, Morrison's research indicates the figures were hand-carved in northern Italy in the late 1800s. Because the figures include bagpipers - called Zampognari ...

The classic nativity scene many of us have in our head ... were a sharp contrast to classically carved motifs out of olive wood from the Middle East. Vickie Leslie, who is on mission from Idaho ...

For a long time, Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Taylors had searched for a larger Nativity Scene for Christmas, when the church's patronal feast takes place. The new Nativity would replace the ...

The three figures of the baby Jesus with Mary and Joseph were handmade from a single olive tree using typical Palestinian carving techniques. The star hanging above the nativity is shaped from ...

On Saturday, Pope Francis unveiled a nativity scene in the Vatican’s ... The practice of olive wood carving is a pillar of the community’s economic and cultural identity dating back to the ...