Stories from the Holy Land

Dispatches from the Christian Quarter — the feasts, the workshops, and the hands behind each piece.

• The Dormition of the Virgin in Jerusalem — Every August, Jerusalem's Old City fills with candlelight and hymns as the holy icon of the Virgin is carried to her tomb in Gethsemane — and at the priest's side walks the Ari family, keepers of an honor held in our name alone for generations.
• christmas in bethlehem — Christmas in Betlehem and how the families celebrate the holiday in the holy lands