Fair trade olive wood crucifixes from Bethlehem

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There’s nothing flashy about olive wood beads—no gold, no shine, no extravagance. And yet, they carry a kind of quiet gravity. If you hold them in your hands long enough, if you listen closely, you might begin to feel the echo of something older than words. That’s the beauty of Fair trade olive wood crucifixes from Bethlehem: they speak in silence, in heritage, and in the dignity of humble craft. In the rolling hills around Bethlehem, olive trees grow slowly. Some of these trees have stood for hundreds of years—witnesses to generations of hands that have tilled the same soil, prayed the same prayers, and passed down the same faith. From this sacred wood comes a tradition of carving that goes back centuries. Each crucifix carved from olive wood holds a small part of that legacy.