Four local children have been chosen to sing the solo portions of the traditional Moravian hymn “Morning Star” at the Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary Christmas vespers on Nov. 30 ...

Moravians have been holding vigils on Christmas Eve for 275 years. The first Christmas Eve vigil was held in 1732 at Herrrnhut, the Moravian settlement on the German estate of Count Nicholas Ludwig ...

The Moravians sanctioned music, both instrumental and vocal, as an important element of religious worship. This liberal attitude helped establish Bethlehem as a musical leader in the early days of ...

A diary providing a glimpse of what life might have been like for Moravians in the 1700s and 1800s has been translated into English and digitized into a new online publication. The writings follow a ...

Many of the customs of Christmas we know today can be traced back to the influence of the Moravians who settled in this area. “The Moravians, with their rich and diverse traditions, have significantly ...

I have to confess that my heart sinks when we sing a song in church that’s less than 30 years old. Hymns are one of the only remaining doors through which names, sounds, and words from the church’s ...

At the nation’s first official Independence Day celebration, there were no fireworks, no sparklers, and no rowdy parties. The parade was solemn, with reverent music and the call-and-response singing ...