Handmade Olive Wood Cross with Dove Cutout from Bethlehem Holy Land, Small Christian Pocket Cross, Religious Gift with Velvet Bag and Certificate 2.5 Inches

This christian fish with cross is handcrafted by skilled Christian artisans in Bethlehem. Made from genuine olive wood, each piece is unique with natural grain patterns. Ships worldwide with free US shipping on orders over $100.

About This Cross

This one's small enough to disappear into a pocket, but when you take it out you notice it immediately. The dove cutout through the center of the wood, that detail is what gets people. It's not painted on or stamped. It's carved out, so light passes through it when you hold it up. A simple thing, but it lands differently than you'd expect.

It's a wooden cross for sale that people actually carry, not one that ends up in a drawer. Olive wood from the Holy Land, shaped by hand in Bethlehem by the same Christian artisan families who've been doing this work for generations. If you want to buy cross gifts that mean something, this is where I'd start. The velvet bag and certificate come with it, so it's ready to give as-is.

Features & Details

• ✓ Handmade in Bethlehem, Holy Land, by Christian artisan families
• ✓ Genuine olive wood, warm natural grain tones
• ✓ Dove-shaped cutout, a symbol of the Holy Spirit and peace, an orthodox cross design element with deep roots
• ✓ Pocket size, small and lightweight for everyday carry
• ✓ Every piece has its own grain pattern, no two are identical
• ✓ Comes with a soft velvet gift bag
• ✓ Includes a certificate confirming Holy Land origin
• ✓ Works as an orthodox church cross, a christian cross for personal prayer, or a gift
• ✓ Available in packs of 1, 3, or 10, good for baptism, confirmation, or communion giveaways

Product Specifications

Perfect As a Gift

A pastor in Texas ordered a pack of 10 for first communion this past spring. He emailed a few weeks later to say the kids were still carrying them to school. That's the kind of thing that sticks with you. These work just as well for a crosses baptism gift as they do for a crosses confirmation gift, and the velvet bag means you don't have to wrap anything. It's already done.

Packs of 3 or 10 bring the price down significantly, and free US shipping kicks in on orders over $100, so bulk orders make a lot of sense for churches and ministries.

The Story Behind It

Most crosses you find online are factory-made somewhere with no connection to the story they're supposed to carry. Ours are shaped by hand in Bethlehem, by families who've been carving olive wood for three generations. The wood itself comes from annual pruning of living trees. Nobody's cutting anything down, the trees keep growing, the families keep carving.

I visited the workshop last year and watched one of the carvers cut the dove shape out of a blank by hand. Slow, careful work. He said his father taught him the angle of the cut. That's not something you get from a factory order, and it's why we've stayed factory-direct all these years. No middlemen, no markups, just the same christian cross that's been coming out of that workshop for decades.

The certificate that ships with each cross confirms the Holy Land origin. It's a small thing, but for a crosses order online it matters, people want to know where it actually came from.

Care Instructions

Olive wood is low maintenance. If it starts looking a little 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 really about it.