A Moravian Easter In North Carolina, the Old Salem area of Winston is a restored Moravian community from the mid-late 1700s. Every year before Easter, the church members go to the Moravian ...

The sound of the horn, as many longtime Forsyth County residents know, is part of a Moravian tradition that culminates with musicians gathering at Old Salem to play for the Easter sunrise service.

Then today, we rejoice and say, ‘He has risen,’” Idalia Canter, co-chairwoman of the elders of Bethania Moravian Church, said as her voice cracked with emotion. The Easter litany was read ...

Moravian Church group spent Monday mixing, stirring and placing thousands of hand-crafted mints into boxes in anticipation of Easter. The centuries-old tradition funds causes such as the Nazareth ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — For 247 years many have gathered at the Home Moravian Church in Winston-Salem to attend the Easter sunrise service. Last year it looked a bit different due to the pandemic ...

Surprised, they told him they’d been playing through the wee hours of Easter for more than 200 years. Nancy Beitel-Vessels, a player who can trace her Moravian heritage back 11 generations ...

The Bethlehem choir also plays outdoors before dawn on Easter morning, traveling by van to the city’s Moravian churches and more than a dozen other spots, Kemmerer said. In Nazareth, the first ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- For the 243rd year, thousands are expected to gather for the Easter Sunrise Service in Old Salem, a tradition that predates our country's independence. Moravian families ...