Sally Azar (Arabic: سالي عازر; born 1996 in Jerusalem) is a Palestinian pastor. She was ordained in January 2023, by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land[1] in a ceremony at the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, making her the first female Palestinian pastor in the Holy Land. Azar is the daughter of bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar.[2][3]
Sally Azar | |
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| Born | June 10, 1996 |
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| Occupation | Lutheran pastor  |
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Family and education
editSally was born in Jerusalem in 1996, the middle child of Sani Ibrahim Azar, bishop of the Lutheran Church, and Nahla Azar. She completed her schooling at the Schmidt's Girls College in Jerusalem in 2014[4] and then studied theology at the Near East Theological Seminary in Beirut, earning her bachelor's degree in 2018.[5] She earned her master's degree in theology from the University of Göttingen and Hermannsburg College in Germany.[6]
References
edit- ↑ "First female pastor in Palestine ordained". Presbyterian Mission Agency.
- ↑ "First female Palestinian pastor ordained in the Holy Land". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ "First Palestinian woman becomes Lutheran pastor in Holy Land". Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World.
- ↑ "سالي عازر… أول قسيسة في فلسطين والأردن تُمهّد الطريق أمام كهانة النساء - رصيف 22". raseef22.net. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023.
- ↑ "Miss. Sally Azar Graduates Theology School – ELCJHL". www.elcjhl.org. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023.
- ↑ "English Speaking Congregation – ELCJHL". Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023.
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