World's Oldest Protestant Church Moravian Christmas Eve Barn

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World's Oldest Protestant Church Moravian Christmas Eve Barn

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The Moravian Church, the World's oldest Protestant denomination, holds its Christmas Eve in the Delaware County, Ohio, Bicentennial Barn. The Moravian Church is 550 years old in the year 2007. It began before Martin Luther. The Moravian Church's religious heritage began in the 14th century. The movement was started by Jan Hus, who objected to some of the practices of the Roman Catholic Church. He wanted to steer the church in Bohemia and Moravia to the simpler practices of early Christianity. The movement was successful for a while, but eventually forced to be under the authority of Rome. Hus was burned at the stake. Within a few years of his martyrdom, some of his followers became independently organized into the Bohemian Brethren, which began in Kunvald, Bohemia, in 1457. These Protestants had rebelled against Rome more than a hundred years before Martin Luther. Moravia or Bohemia are provinces of the Czech Republic. Worldwide there are three-quarters of a million Moravians. They are a mainstream Protestant denomination. In the US., the Moravians are often found in Pennsylvania, especially Bethlehem, and North Carolina. The first Moravian settlement in the US was in Savannah, Georgia, in 1735. The Christmas Eve ceremony for the Columbus, Ohio, Promise Church was held in a barn to commemorate Christ's birth in a manger of a barn. The Delaware County Bicentennial barn is over 100-years old and on a family farm of approximately 200-years. It was painted as a project to commemorate Ohio's 200 th birthday, bicentennial. Christmas 20007 was also the date of the full moon. The moon was setting at sunrise (which shows that it is truly full) as seen at the end of the video. The big buck shown at the end of the video is injured. He has stayed alive for quite a long time, and I've photographed him a number of times, such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gg8I_2sbXg Moravian Church World's oldest Protestant Denomination Christmas Eve Full Moon Bicentennial Barn manager Christ Moravia Bohemia Delaware Columbus Ohio Franklin County Silent Night Oh Come all Ye Faithful Old Carols religion Buck deer solstice

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IrenaScott

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