by Mary Holmes | Jul 25, 2025
Anna travelled widely, like many Moravians from the 1730s onwards. Here we look at some of her travels and the impact she had on those she met. With regard to the picture, clearly Anna did not travel with a teddy bear; however, on my travels in the search of Moravian... Read More
by Mary Holmes | Apr 23, 2025
Anna started life in a small village in Moravia where life was both peaceful and traumatic. As an adult, she became a role model for women by taking on key roles and demonstrating leadership in the revived Moravian Church.... Read More
by Mary Holmes | Mar 8, 2025
The house must have been packed. In her diary Anna recalls how her parents would hold meetings in their home to discuss their faith, read the Bible and pray, with up to 200 people attending such meetings. It is not surprising that the authorities were keen to stop... Read More
by Mary Holmes | Feb 6, 2025
Anna’s young life was a real mix of the light and the dark. The dark was linked directly to what happened in Prague in the 1400s, discussed in my previous post at https://elizabethwe.co.uk/annas-story/ The light in her life: Anna was born in 1715 in one of the many... Read More
by Mary Holmes | Jan 9, 2025
Prague, Herrnhut and Suchdol were three places I had the pleasure of visiting last year to attend two Moravian conferences. Building on those experiences, I will share with you the history of the earliest protestant church … it tells the story of how Moravian refugees... Read More
by Mary Holmes | Dec 7, 2024
Across the globe at this time of year Moravian stars are shining to brighten up our homes, churches and public spaces. Each star reminds us of the Bible story of the star shining brightly over where Jesus was born. So, how did these stars start? Simply as a way of... Read More
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