The Zakharia Brothers workshop has also created statues of St. Michael the Archangel, the Last Supper, and Noah’s Ark.
Like many businesses in Bethlehem, the Zakharia Brothers workshop suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic from closures and the total loss of tourism.
As pilgrimages to the Holy Land have finally resumed, local Christian leaders have expressed hope that visitors will support the Christian presence in the region.
“We are thankful that Christians around the world are now returning on pilgrimage to the Holy Land in increasingly greater numbers,” Latin Catholic Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa and other Christians leaders wrote in their 2022 Christmas message.
“We encourage them to not only reverently visit the blessed stones of the holy sites but also to engage and support the ‘living stones’ of the local Christian presence, whose families have helped build and tend those venerable sites across the centuries, down to the present day.”
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