Sally Azar

Sally Azar (Arabic: سالي عازر) born 1996 in Jerusalem, is a Palestinian pastor. She was ordained on January 22, 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]

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  2. ^ "First female Palestinian pastor ordained in the Holy Land". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  3. ^ "First Palestinian woman becomes Lutheran pastor in Holy Land". Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World.