ELCJHL Bishop Munib Younan spoke on the topic of reconciliation at the Feb. 23-24, 2010, theology symposium at the University of Joensuu, Finland. He also met with representatives of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission, one of the ELCJHL’s international partners. Younan travels regularly to Finland, where he earned his master’s degree in theology in 1976.
With Swedish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, German, Arabic and Danish celebrants and participants of many faith traditions, the annual Oct. 31 Reformation Day celebration at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem’s Old City maintained its traditional ecumenical and multilingual flavor. Here, Bishop Younan reads the Gospel in Arabic from the midst of the congregation.
Katharina Nazeeh Khoury was born on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, at 8:25 am. She is the daughter of Anna Younan Khoury and Nazeeh Khoury and granddaughter of Suad and Bishop Munib Younan.
Bishop Munib Younan displays his UN refugee card during his sermon at the seventh International Sabeel Conference. He spoke about the role memory plays in identity, calling for Israelis and Palestinians alike to look realistically at the past in order to move toward a peaceful future. His Nov. 19 sermon at the Lutheran Church of … [Read more…]
Bishop Munib Younan poses with former Finnish president and 2008 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari at the LWF executive committee meeting in Finland in October 2008. Noting his work as an international mediator, Younan invited Ahtisaari to come to Palestine to mediate a just peace with Israel.
In late October, representatives of the Council of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land and of the Alliance of Civilizations, met in Lisbon at the invitation of Jorge Sampaio, a former president of Portugal. The Alliance is an initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General and seeks to galvanize international action against extremism. ELCJHL Bishop Munib … [Read more…]
ELCJHL Bishop Munib Younan addressed representatives of the world’s largest Lutheran church body and signed a partnership agreement this week in Sweden. Speaking before the church assembly of the more than 7 million member Church of Sweden, Younan told the 251 elected representatives he commended the church for its strong theology of accompaniment and hoped … [Read more…]
ELCJHL Bishop Munib Younan chaired a meeting of the Lutheran Council in Asia in September. LUCAS, as it is called, is “an instrument of the Lutheran communion in Asia to promote the true meaning and the practical implications of being a Lutheran communion and to carry specific tasks on behalf of the region.”
Bishop Younan and the ELCJHL are deeply saddened by the great loss of our brother in Christ, Bishop John Schreiber of the ELCA’s Southeast Michigan Synod, our partner synod. We considered him a wise prophet who spoke out on behalf of peace with justice in Palestine/Israel. He understood our realities on the ground here and … [Read more…]
Sunday, Feb. 17 – Arabic newspapers throughout Palestine carried the story today of Bishop Younan’s condemnation of the recent bombing of the Gaza YMCA. A rough translation of the Al Quds story follows: Bishop Munib Younan has denounced the ugly crime that took place recently in Gaza, the bombing of the library of the YMCA. … [Read more…]