Olive Wood and Sterling Silver Circular Jerusalem Cross Necklace

Olive Wood

Diameter: 3cm / 1.2"

Necklace Length: 50cm / 19.7" (+ 5cm / 2" extension)

Take a piece of the Holy Land with you wherever you go with this beautiful Jerusalem Cross necklace. Skillfully handmade in the Bethlehem area, this necklace consists of a round olive wood disc overlaid with a sterling silver Jerusalem Cross held in a circular frame, making this piece a wonderful display of faith. The Jerusalem Cross is composed of five crosses, one large central cross with a smaller cross in each corner, and symbolizes the Five Holy Wounds suffered by Christ during the Crucifixion. A lovely keepsake from the Holy Land, you will cherish this necklace for years to come.

The Olive Wood Factory produces and creates some of the most exquisite and meaningful Christian art in the Holy Land. The remarkable artisans of the Bethlehem area have passed on the secrets of carving and sculpting olive wood into phenomenal works of art from generation to generation for centuries, and the skills and methods they use have endured since the earliest days of the craft. Depicting breathtaking biblical figures and scenes, each olive wood piece is a masterpiece that you will treasure and cherish forever.