None of that is happening because we’re mourning,” Rev. Munther Isaac, the pastor of Bethlehem’s Evangelical Lutheran ...

The Rev. Munther Isaac, pastor of Bethlehem’s Christmas Lutheran Church, addresses a vigil at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (RNS photo/Jack Jenkins) ...

A baby Jesus figure was placed on top of a pile of rubble in Bethlehem's Evangelical Lutheran Church ... nor the giant Christmas tree in front of the Nativity Church, built over the spot where ...

Once again, there are no plans to put up the traditional light-festooned Christmas ... Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jericho, Hebron," Afteem said. Munther Isaac, a pastor at Bethlehem's Lutheran Church ...

Munther Isaac is a Palestinian theologian and pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour. He serves as academic dean of ...

There are not the usual cheerful street decorations nor the giant Christmas ... a local Lutheran pastor. "But Bethlehem is a sad town in solidarity with our siblings in Gaza." At his church ...