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SAINT MICHAELBETHLEHEM

Old Caritas Street, Bethlehem

Carved, painted and inlaid by hand in Bethlehem.

Olive wood sculpture, icons, mother of pearl and silver from forty Bethlehem workshops. We ship worldwide within 48 hours.

Family-owned
Old Caritas Street
Forty
Bethlehem workshops
Worldwide
shipping in 48 hours

Selected pieces

View all 37 pieces
Close-up of The Eagle

The craft

No two carvings share a grain.

Olive wood is dense and slow-growing, with dark veins that never repeat. Our carvers work wood from the pruning of the groves around Bethlehem and let the grain decide where a fold of drapery or the shadow of a wing will fall.

Olive wood carvings

Gifts under $100

Gifts & keepsakes

How to order

We confirm every order personally. Nothing is paid until we have agreed the total with you.

  1. 01

    Choose

    Add the pieces you would like to your basket. The basket is at the top right of every page.

  2. 02

    Send

    Open the basket, enter your name and address, and send your order to us by WhatsApp or email.

  3. 03

    Confirm

    We reply with the total including shipping. Once paid, your order leaves Bethlehem within 48 hours.

Prefer to speak to us? Call +972 2 277 2442 and quote the item number. Questions about delivery and payment are answered on our Help page.

Saint Michael, Bethlehem

Forty workshops. One address in Bethlehem.

Saint Michael is a family business on Old Caritas Street. We work with forty Bethlehem families of carvers, painters and craftsmen, many of whom learned the trade from their fathers, and we choose every piece in our collection by hand.

About us
Mosaic of Saint Michael on the limestone façade of our shop
The stone sign of St. Michael Store, Abu Aita, Bethlehem

Visit us in Bethlehem

Address
Old Caritas Street
Bethlehem, Palestine
Opening hours
Monday to Saturday, 9:00 to 20:00