[Bethlehem] Covered in dust, Matteo, an artisan restorer, is perched some 30 feet in the air, crouching on a narrow metal catwalk leveled on solid wood scaffolding, intensely focused on a square the size of a thumbnail. With a slender brush, under a spotlight, he appears to touch up a petal. It may look like …
Last June 13th 2016, in the presence of H.E Msgr. Antonio Camilleri, Deputy Secretary of State for International relation of the Holy See, Minister Ziad Albandak, chairman of the Presidential Committee for the Restoration of the Nativity, Mayor of Bethlehem Vera Baboun, Amb. Khouloud Daibes, member of The Presidential Committee for the Restoration of the …
Tel Aviv, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina)- Fresh traces of the Roman Emperor Constantine may have been found at Bethlehem”s Nativity Church during a major restoration project underway by Italian company Piacenti, experts said today. The traces may be seen on reused, decorated wooden material, found a week ago inside Justinian’s architrave and dating back to …
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Donors Wanted for 50 columns of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem. In Rome, with the participation, among others, Monsignor Antoine Camilleri, undersecretary for relations with states, has started a campaign to raise money to support the restoration of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Serve 2 million and 300 thousand euro, as …
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如皋商务信息网讯约旦河西岸的城市伯利恒，传统认为耶稣诞生于此地。一位年轻的修复师拍摄经过圣诞教堂的光滑的灰泥墙时，她发现了一个有趣的形状像，理清后竟发现失落数世纪的天使。长达2.4米的天使重现光明，与这座世界最古老基督教教堂里守护朝圣者的另外六位天使再次团聚。 圣诞教堂拥有1700年历史，却被忽视了数百年。人们花费多年时间来拯救圣诞教堂，发现这位天使可以说是一个意想不到的奖励。由于缺乏维护，教堂内宝贵的镶嵌画要么被埋没在层层积灰之下，要么被从屋顶漏缝中渗下的雨水所毁坏。然而，幸存镶嵌画所展现的光泽很难让人相信它们被创造于上千年前。 这座备受尊崇的教堂自从1479年以来还是首次大修，镶嵌画的修复工作便是其中的一部分，看来真是千钧一发。一位巴勒斯坦官员于2011年警告称，前往教堂的信徒们面临着“房梁倒塌的危险”，联合国于2012年将这座教堂列为濒危世界遗产。 这些镶嵌画描绘了耶稣和他的人类先祖，包括养父约瑟夫和哀伤的圣母玛利亚。十二使徒也有描绘，包括“多疑的多马”，耶稣正拉着他的手查看自己身上的伤痕。此外还隐约有圣徒和主教，甚至是小骆驼。 她和同事去除灰泥，一张在珍珠母映照下的面孔显露了出来。28岁的Starinieri表示，当修复团队看到代表头顶光环的金色瓷砖时，“那可真是一个非常激动人心的时刻。” 该公司首席修复师Marcello Piacenti表示，对修复团队而言，能发现像这位天使一样的完整画像真是凤毛麟角。“这位美丽的天使在忍受了数个世纪的黑暗之后，终于能够从上往下俯视朝圣者人群了。” (来源：今日头条)
Save the date – Thursday, June 9, 2016 “Restoring The Church Of The Nativity” Experience of a unique Restoration Site with Rest. Giammarco Piacenti, President of Piace Light refreshments will be served. This event is for JPC members only. For more information regarding membership – www.jerusalempressclub.com/membership The activity of the Piacenti S.p.A (www.Piacenti.org) is based …
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An ancient mosaic hidden for centuries has been uncovered in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. An eight-foot tall angel was found by a team working on the restoration of the fourth century church, which was built by the Emperor Constantine and his mother Helena in 339 AD over what is believed to be the place of Jesus’ birth.
The angel that looks over the ‘birthplace of Jesus’: Incredible mosaic discovered under plaster walls in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem The intact mosaic angel stands eight feet tall in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem Church was built in the place where Jesus is believed to have been born Along with …
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By Anne-Marie O’Connor. BETHLEHEM, WEST BANKSilvia Starinieri, a young restoration technician, was slowly passing a thermographic camera over the smooth plaster walls of the Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ, when she spotted an intriguing shape. As she and her colleagues began painstakingly scraping away the plaster, a radiant face emerged, …
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Urgent repairs to the decaying Church of the Nativity yield an unexpected revelation. Hidden for centuries beneath layers of plaster, an angel made of mosaic tiles is being restored to its original glory.