An Icon depicting the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus is seen in the yard of the Bethlehem Icon Center in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem on April 11, 2017. The Bethlehem Icon Center is a unique school in all of the Middle East, where students learn the art of Christian icon painting. Located near the Church of the Nativity, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born, its workshop houses a group of enthusiasts specialising in the sacred art of iconography, some 2,000 years after Christian iconography began in nearby Jerusalem -- also where Christians believe Jesus resurrected after his crucifixion, to be commemorated this Sunday for Easter. / AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX