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The Moravian Historical Society is located in the 1740-1743 Whitefield House in downtown Nazareth. [1] The Moravian Historical Society collects objects relating to Moravian history, provides research assistance, publishes, and offers lectures, programs, events, and activities for all ages and levels of interest. [1] [2]
The Moravians in Germany, whose central settlement remains at Herrnhut, are highly active in education and social work. The American Moravian Church sponsors Moravian College and Seminary, recognized as the sixth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The largest concentration of Moravians today is in Tanzania.
The Moravian Messenger, periodical of the British Province; Moravian History Magazine – published within the British Province but deals with the work worldwide. Journal of Moravian History [46] – scholarly journal, published by the Moravian Archives [47] in Bethlehem, PA, and the Moravian Historical Society [48] in Nazareth, PA.
The Fetter Lane Society was the first flowering of the Moravian Church in Britain, and an important precursor to MethodismIt was founded in 1738. Although the original meeting house was destroyed in the mid-20th century, the society still meets in London, and is part of the British Province of the Moravian Church.
A Moravian architecture style has emerged in the United States, predominately in Winston-Salem . Some Moravian churches in the area feature copper steeple tops which have oxidized and reached a green patina. The Moravian "Bonnet" or "eyebrow" arch is also an example of the style and is mainly used over building entrances, it is an unsupported ...
The Enter of the Czechs into History (530–935)] (in Czech). Nakladatelství Lidové noviny. ISBN 978-80-7106-138-0. Třeštík, Dušan (2010). Vznik Velké Moravy. Moravané, Čechové a střední Evropa v letech 791–871 [The Founding of Great Moravia. Moravians, Czechs and Middle Europe in the years 791–871] (in Czech). Nakladatelství ...
A Moravian Society is a local body of members and adherents of the Moravian Church, recognised by Synod, which while not forming a congregation, is under the care of a Moravian minister or a duly approved lay worker.
Despite the formal endorsement by the elites, the Great Moravian Christianity was described as containing many pagan elements as late as in 852. [7] The major milestone in the Christianization of Moravia is traditionally attributed to the influence of Byzantine missionary brothers, Saints Cyril and Methodius , who arrived in Moravia in the year ...