Jerusalem Olive Wood Catholic Cross Handcrafted in Jerusalem

This celtic cross catholic store is handcrafted by skilled Christian artisans in Bethlehem. Made from genuine olive wood, each piece is unique with natural grain patterns. Size: 12cm. Ships worldwide with free US shipping on orders over $100.

About This Cross

Pick one of these up and the grain stops you first. Every piece of olive wood from the Holy Land runs its own pattern, its own color shifts, its own story through the wood. No two look the same. That's not something I say to sound good, that's just what real material does.

These are classic Catholic crosses, clean shape, good weight, hand-polished so the surface has that warm glow olive wood gets when it's finished right. Four sizes, 12cm up to 25cm. We sell a lot of the 20cm for wall displays. The smaller ones go fast around Easter and Christmas, people are always looking for catholic crosses for sale that actually mean something.

For anyone searching for a wooden cross for sale that comes from somewhere real, these come from Bethlehem. The city where the story started. That part matters to a lot of our customers, and it matters to us too. If you want crosses order online without wondering who made them or where, this is the answer to that question.

Features & Details

• ✓ Genuine Holy Land olive wood, hand-carved by Christian artisan families in Bethlehem
• ✓ Classic christian cross shape, clean lines, no fuss
• ✓ Hand-polished finish, warm natural glow
• ✓ Four sizes: 12cm, 16cm, 20cm, 25cm
• ✓ Each piece has distinct grain pattern, no two identical
• ✓ Suitable for wall display or as a crosses hand carved gift
• ✓ Fair trade, factory-direct from the workshop

Product Specifications

Perfect As a Gift

A priest from Ohio ordered a dozen of the 20cm size last year, one for each family in his congregation at Christmas. He wrote back to say two people cried when they opened them. A cross that comes from Bethlehem carries something a store-bought one just doesn't. Good for a crosses baptism gift, a crosses confirmation gift, or just something to mark a moment that matters.

Free US shipping on orders over $100, and we ship worldwide. Makes ordering a few at once easy, especially around the holidays.

The Story Behind It

Most crosses for sale online are factory-made somewhere anonymous. Ours aren't. The families who carve these have been working with olive wood in Bethlehem for generations, passing the tools from parent to child the same way my father passed this shop to me.

The olive wood itself comes from annual pruning of living trees. Nobody's cutting anything down. The trees keep growing, the families keep carving, and when you order one of these, you're part of keeping that going. Christianity and the cross have always been central to life here, and these families carve them because it means something, not just because it pays the bills.

There's something about holding a cross shaped by hands in Bethlehem, near the stations of the cross, near Manger Square, that you don't get from anything mass-produced. That's why we've carried this design for years. It sells itself, honestly.

Care Instructions

Olive wood's low maintenance. If it starts looking dry, rub a small drop of olive oil into it with a cloth and it comes right back. Don't soak it in water. That's about it.