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Moravian Brethren Mission House
Moravian Brethren Mission House or Herrnhut House () is a historical building in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, established in 1747 from timber shipped to the United Brethren from the Netherlands.Brown, William. The History of Missions: Or, Of the Propagation of Christianity Among the Heathen, Since the Reformation'. B. Coles V.D.M., 1816. It was the centre of the Moravian missions in Greenland, Moravian Brethren Mission in Greenland and the missionaries operated across the west coast of Greenland from this building. Greenlander converts were reported saying, "If it can be so beautiful here on Earth, how wonderful must it not be in Heaven."Del, Anden.''Grønland som del af den bibelske fortælling – en 1700-tals studie''" ["Greenland as Part of the Biblical Narrative – a Study of the 18th-Century"]. The building is current used as the office of the Ombudsman of Greenland ('Ombudsmanden for Inatsisartut'). Location The building is located on the southern outskirts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Herrnhut Moravian Church
New Herrnhut Moravian Church is a historic Moravian Church, Moravian church in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The Moravians, a Protestant religious group based in the town of Herrnhut in Saxony, began missionary work in 1732 in St. Thomas and were the first Protestants to begin missionary work among slaves and free Blacks in the Danish West Indies. Missionary work on St. Thomas was initially opposed by planters who didn't want slaves to receive education or religious instruction. With . The Moravians purchased the New Herrnhut site (then Bazuinenberg or (in German:) Posaunenberg) in 1738 and established it as the Brethren's Plantation or the 's Heeren Tutu, until renaming it New Herrnhut in 1753. The 1867 San Narciso hurricane, hurricane of 1867 destroyed much of the then-working plantation, but the church and bell tower survived. The church, which is still in use, is a one-story building made of plaster and rubble, with a hipped roof and semi-elliptical arched windows and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
