Made in the Old City of Jerusalem. Clothing Design: Jerusalem Cross. Materials: 50% viscose & 50% Polyester. Order colors: white, red, purple, cream, green. From the Old City of Jerusalem. A unique shop near the. Church of the Hold Sepulchre. Bilal Abu-Khalaf’s Shop. Is a third-generation textile merchant in the Old City who imports cotton, silk and gold cloth for Christian priests, Muslim imams and ultra-Orthodox Jews. Customers throughout the world frequent his shop in the Muristan, near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where he maintains an Aladdin’s cave of Damascene hand-woven silks, fine Indian saris and woven gold-thread hangings from Kashmir. A Muslim whose family has lived in Jerusalem for generations, Abu-Khalaf has preserved the remains of a Byzantine church beneath a glass floor installed in his shop that he discovered during renovations. Bilal Abu-Khalaf: The Old City is in my blood. I wouldnt want to be anywhere else. My grandfather and my father both had their shops here. First opened his My grandfather shop in 1936 in Pasha Street. I sell the material for vestments to Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian, Ethiopian and Coptic priests. The patriarchs wear red and gold with the pattern of a cross or an angel. I also sell material to the Jews for their kaftans. According to tradition, Abraham wore a white jalabaya with stripes, so the ultra-Orthodox Jews wear white with blue and gold stripes for the Sabbath and white with white stripes for festivals. They all come to my shop. Payments must be received within 72 hours. A, Canada and Western European countries. Contact: Please do not hesitate to contact me for any question at any time. I will get back to you within 12- 24 hours. And my goal is your 100% satisfaction guarantee. The item “Black Jerusalem Cross CHASUBLE, CASULA, VESTMENT, CASEL, CASULLA KASEL- MESSGEWAND” is in sale since Tuesday, June 04, 2013. This item is in the category “Collectables\Religion & Spirituality\Christianity\Other Christianity”. The seller is “elc6666″ and is located in Jerusalem. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.
- Religion/ Spirituality: Christianity
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