Christmas Carols & Lessons with Bethlehem, Praying for Peace in the Holy Land and celebrating hope - December 16th 2023 at 10am EST & 5pm Bethlehem time

 Join Bishop Gutiérrez  for the 17th annual Service of Christmas Lessons and Carols simulcast live between the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral in the United States and the Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, Palestine,  on Saturday, Dec. 16th at 10 am EST and 5 pm Bethlehem time.  Hear familiar carols and readings in Arabic and English, and a word of hope preached by by Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Arabic

The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral is located at 23 S. 38th Street in Philadelphia. 

For questions, please contact the Rev. Canon Shawn Wamsley, swamsley@diopa.org. For those that can't make it in person, please join us online. 

https://www.diopa.org/bethlehem

 [AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES or quotes IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine] 

& Support the work of Episcopal and Lutheran churches in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and the Holy Land. 

Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, Palestine