Moravians
Brno region natives
Moravians are members of a Protestant denomination tracing to the 15th-century Bohemian reformer Jan Hus, predating Luther by a century.
The Moravian Church emphasizes missionary work, simple worship, and communal living.
The term also refers simply to people from Moravia, a historical region in the eastern Czech Republic: Moravian wine comes from vineyards near Brno.
Post-schism Western Christian
- BrethrenCertain Anabaptist denominations
- LutheranismProtestant tradition emphasizing grace
- MethodismWesley's Protestant movement
- QuakerismReligious Society of Friends
Mennonites · Anabaptism · evangelicalism · Presbyterianism · Episcopalianism · ecumenism
Winter nativity celebration
- AdventChristmas preparatory season
- choirsOrganized groups of singers
- anthemsOfficial ceremonial songs
- liturgyFormal worship structure
communion · candles · beeswax · putz · missions · pacifism · bishopric · synod
Nativity's traditional setting
- SalemCity or name
- NazarethGalilean city of faith
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
- Winston-SalemMerged North Carolina municipality
Assembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- unityWholeness through cohesion
lot · communal · mission stations · diaspora
Of Prague's homeland
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
- BohemiaCentral European historical region
- BrnoMoravian regional capital
- CzechoslovakiaFormer Central European republic
Protestant
Post-schism Western Christian
- BrethrenCertain Anabaptist denominations
- LutheranismProtestant tradition emphasizing grace
- MethodismWesley's Protestant movement
Quakerism · Mennonites · Anabaptism · evangelicalism · Presbyterianism · Episcopalianism · ecumenism
Christmas
Winter nativity celebration
liturgy · communion · candles · beeswax · putz · missions · pacifism · bishopric · synod · hymns
Bethlehem
Nativity's traditional setting
- SalemCity or name
- NazarethGalilean city of faith
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- brotherhoodKinship among men
unity · lot · communal · mission stations · diaspora
Czech
Of Prague's homeland
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
- BohemiaCentral European historical region
- BrnoMoravian regional capital
Czechoslovakia · Central Europe · Carpathians · Sudetenland · Danube
MoraviansBohemians
Inhabitants of historic Czech lands
Slovaks · Austrians · Poles · Hungarians
MoraviansCatholics
Christians following Rome
Roman Catholics · Eastern Orthodox · Lutherans · Calvinists · Anglicans
- Great MoraviaMedieval Slavic polity