Photo Credits:
Page 1. Father Aziz Halana midst the stones of Saint Barbara Church, courtesy of The Palestine Chronicle: http://www.palestinechronicle.com
Page 2. Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Barbara, BEFORE, courtesy of
Aboud Christian Youth: http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/aboud
Page 3. Traditional Icon of Saint Barbara
For additional photos of the destruction, please go to: http://palestinechronicle.com/index.php?topic=AT
Please see two articles by Israel Shamir:
“Saint Barbara” http://www.israelshamir.net/stbarbara.htm
“Olives of Aboud” http://www.israelshamir.net/aboud_english.htm
The Latin Patriarchate of Aboud also has a web page describing life in Aboud, but it also indicates some of the confusion over churches: http://www.lpj.org/lpsaboud.html
The Churches of Aboud web page provides a thumb-nail description of the churches of Aboud. http://www.al-bushra.org/latpatra/churches.htm
For a more detailed account of the life of Saint Barbara, please visit:
http://www.saintbarbara.org/about/frp_stbarb.html
Another version of the Life of Saint Barbara may be found at:
http://www.paintedchurch.org/hessbarb.htm
For an unusual example of those who honor Saint Barbara, please visit the website of Fort Sill, Oklahoma - Home of the Field Artillery of the United States of America: http://sill-www.army.mil/pao/pabarbar.htm
Page 1. Father Aziz Halana midst the stones of Saint Barbara Church, courtesy of The Palestine Chronicle: http://www.palestinechronicle.com
Page 2. Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Barbara, BEFORE, courtesy of
Aboud Christian Youth: http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/aboud
Page 3. Traditional Icon of Saint Barbara
For additional photos of the destruction, please go to: http://palestinechronicle.com/index.php?topic=AT
Please see two articles by Israel Shamir:
“Saint Barbara” http://www.israelshamir.net/stbarbara.htm
“Olives of Aboud” http://www.israelshamir.net/aboud_english.htm
The Latin Patriarchate of Aboud also has a web page describing life in Aboud, but it also indicates some of the confusion over churches: http://www.lpj.org/lpsaboud.html
The Churches of Aboud web page provides a thumb-nail description of the churches of Aboud. http://www.al-bushra.org/latpatra/churches.htm
For a more detailed account of the life of Saint Barbara, please visit:
http://www.saintbarbara.org/about/frp_stbarb.html
Another version of the Life of Saint Barbara may be found at:
http://www.paintedchurch.org/hessbarb.htm
For an unusual example of those who honor Saint Barbara, please visit the website of Fort Sill, Oklahoma - Home of the Field Artillery of the United States of America: http://sill-www.army.mil/pao/pabarbar.htm