Moravian Church, Kevin Street
The Moravian Church, originally called the Unity of the Brethren, was first organised as a communion in Kunvald, near the modern town of Zamberk, in what is now Czechia (the Czech Republic). Although formally established in 1457, its origins reach back some fifty years earlier to the Czech Reformation. Merging into the Protestant movement that grew out of the Lutheran Reformation, the Moravian Church today is currently comprised of 24 linked provinces worldwide. The presence of the Moravian Church in Ireland is due mainly to the influence of the English evangelist John Cennick, who was active in these isles between 1746 and 1755. The Irish District of the British Province currently has five congregations.
John Cennick came to Dublin to talk about his faith in 1746 . He was very charming and many Dubliners came to hear him speak. At first he preached to people outside, then he moved to a hall in Skinner’s Alley and eventually Dubliners built the Moravian Church in Kevin Street in 1760 as the crowds were growing.
Moravian Church House, 5 – 7, Muswell Hill, London, N10 3TJ
Telephone +44 (0) 208 883 340
The Moravian graveyard is an enclosed cemetery, with a roughcast rendered boundary wall and rock-faced granite ashlar entrance gateway having cast-iron gate in pointed opening with carved name plaque above. 649 memorial inscriptions are available on Findagrave. This burial ground is where over 700 people of the Moravian tradition have been buried from 1764 to the present day.
The first burial took place in the new Whitechurch Cemetery on 29 Apr 1764, being that of the minister John Teltschig. A booklet on the history of the Moravian Burial Ground at Whitechurch was published in 2014 written by Rosemary Power. The Moravian Burial Ground at Whitechurch, County Dublin, looks at the burial ground where over 700 people of the Moravian tradition have been buried from 1764 to the present day. It also provides a brief guide to the Moravians and a history of some of the few people buried there.
November 2015
The Moravian Church, originally called the Unity of the Brethren, was first organised as a communion in Kunvald, near the modern town of Zamberk, in what is now Czechia (the Czech Republic). Although formally established in 1457, its origins reach back some fifty years earlier to the Czech Reformation. Merging into the Protestant movement that grew out of the Lutheran Reformation, the Moravian Church today is currently comprised of 24 linked provinces worldwide. The presence of the Moravian Church in Ireland is due mainly to the influence of the English evangelist John Cennick, who was active in these isles between 1746 and 1755. The Irish District of the British Province currently has five congregations.
John Cennick came to Dublin to talk about his faith in 1746 . He was very charming and many Dubliners came to hear him speak. At first he preached to people outside, then he moved to a hall in Skinner’s Alley and eventually Dubliners built the Moravian Church in Kevin Street in 1760 as the crowds were growing.
Moravian Church House, 5 – 7, Muswell Hill, London, N10 3TJ
Telephone +44 (0) 208 883 340
The Moravian graveyard is an enclosed cemetery, with a roughcast rendered boundary wall and rock-faced granite ashlar entrance gateway having cast-iron gate in pointed opening with carved name plaque above. 649 memorial inscriptions are available on Findagrave. This burial ground is where over 700 people of the Moravian tradition have been buried from 1764 to the present day.
The first burial took place in the new Whitechurch Cemetery on 29 Apr 1764, being that of the minister John Teltschig. A booklet on the history of the Moravian Burial Ground at Whitechurch was published in 2014 written by Rosemary Power. The Moravian Burial Ground at Whitechurch, County Dublin, looks at the burial ground where over 700 people of the Moravian tradition have been buried from 1764 to the present day. It also provides a brief guide to the Moravians and a history of some of the few people buried there.
November 2015