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Title
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Wall Paintings
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Description
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This collection consists of digital images of wall paintings in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Beit Jala (near Bethlehem). The majority of the paintings are icons in the Jerusalem School style, an indigenous Palestinian movement from the 19th and early 20th century.
The Church of Saint Nicholas was built and funded in 1925 by the local community of Beit-Jala, not the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It has a unique legal status that sits outside of Waqf endowments, making the collection of icons an interesting case study for the articulation of Arab identity within transnational Orthodox politics.
Icon of the Pantocrator Arabic
Icon of an Angel Arabic
Icon of an Angel Arabic
Icon of Saint Peter Arabic
Icon of Saint Paul Arabic
Icon of Saint Bartholomew Arabic
Icon of Saint Thomas Arabic
Icon of Saint Mark Arabic
Icon of Saint Luke Arabic
Icon of Saint John Arabic
Icon of Saint Matthew Arabic
Icon of Saint Sabbas Arabic
Icon of Saint Charalambos
Icon of Saint John the Baptist