The specialized cultural agency of the United Nations has extended its recognition of the Moravian Church Settlements around the world to include sites in Germany, the United States and Northern ...
Dignitaries pose with a plaque Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, at an official inscription ceremony at Moravian University’s Foy Hall, as Bethlehem’s Moravian settlements became the 26th UNESCO World Heritage ...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania city after the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their ...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A historic church in Winston-Salem marked its 200th anniversary with a service on Sunday. St. Philips Moravian Church was started in 1822 in Salem with a mostly enslaved ...
Lititz’s Moravian Church’s Candlelight Christmas services are popular. They’re so popular that the church hosts six of them – and requires tickets due to demand. There’s no charge for tickets, but ...
Leaders from Second Baptist Church, Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem Area Moravians, Moravian University School of Theology ...
In May 1865, the Rev. Seth Clark, the chaplain with the 10th Ohio Cavalry Volunteers, told the congregation of what would become the St. Philips Moravian Church about the Emancipation Proclamation ...
Known for its original Moravian architecture and annual Christmas festivities, the Historic Moravian Bethlehem District in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is now the 26th site in the United States to be ...
Lititz Moravian Church held its first Christmas Candlelight Vigil in 1756. It has been virtually unchanged since the 1890s. Yet year after year, guests from near and far pack the pews for six vigils.
More than 300 homemade Moravian chicken pies — 306 to be exact — were baked this week, and popped into freezers at New Philadelphia Moravian Church. Next Saturday, they'll be cooked and pulled piping ...