The 16th annual Christmas Lessons and Carols simulcast live between the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral in the United States and the Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, Palestine, will take place on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 10 a.m. EST and 5 p.m. Bethlehem time.

Hear familiar carols and readings in Arabic and English, and a word of hope preached this year by Bishop Sani Azar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.

The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral invites you to join in person for this free event. Registration details are forthcoming.

• You can also participate virtually by watching it live on YouTube. (You can watch last year’s event on YouTube here.)

Online donations are encouraged and support the rich ministry of Episcopalians and Lutherans in Palestine.
For questions, please contact the Rev. Canon Matthew Dayton-Welch, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Canon for the Holy Land, at .