Tag: restoration

Hiding for centuries under layers of plaster, an 8-foot-tall mosaic of an angel reemerges in the 1700-year-old Church of the Nativity. She was passing a thermal camera across one of the walls of the Church of the Nativity, the place in which tradition claims Christ was Born, when she discovered what turned out to be …

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The Palestinian Authority is seeking international funders for the restoration of the 50 columns in the Basilica of the Nativity. It will take another two years for all the work to be completed. (t.d.) – “Adopt a column!” This is the appeal by Ziad Al-Bandak, advisor for Christian affairs to the Palestinian President and head …

Leggi tutto “Terrasanta – More Funds Needed for the Restoration of the Nativity Church in Bethlehem”

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Thursday with members of the ROACO (Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches) Assembly which raises funds for Christians in the Eastern-rite Churches. Among those taking part in the meeting were the papal representatives from Jerusalem, Lebanon, Syria, Ukraine, Iraq and Jordan, as well as the new Franciscan …

Leggi tutto “Vatican Radio – Pope Francis thanks ROACO group for support of Eastern Churches”

VATICAN CITY — Jesus Christ is “knocking at the door of our heart in the Middle East,” as well as the Eastern nations of India and Ukraine, Pope Francis said on Thursday. Meeting at the Vatican with members of the ROACO (Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches) Assembly, which raises funds for Christians …

Leggi tutto “Aletaia – Pope Francis: Jesus Christ Is “Knocking at the Door of Our Heart in the Middle East””

(ANSA) – Rome, June 13 – Fresh traces of the Roman Emperor Constantine may have been found at Bethlehem’s Nativity Church during a major restoration project underway by Italian company Piacenti, experts said Monday. The traces may be seen on reused, decorated wooden material, found a week ago inside Justinian’s architrave and dating back to …

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[Bethlehem] Covered in dust, Matteo, an artisan restorer, is perched some 30 feet in the air, crouching on a narrow metal catwalk leveled on solid wood scaffolding, intensely focused on a square the size of a thumbnail. With a slender brush, under a spotlight, he appears to touch up a petal. It may look like …

Leggi tutto “The Medialine – A Bethlehem Church is Reborn”