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unusual facts about Moravian Brethren



Arawak peoples

By 1739, Moravian Brethren missionaries arrived in Fort Nassau on the Berbice River in Guyana, then a Dutch colony, where they founded Pilgerhut (Pilgrims' Watch) as a mission.

Nancowry Island

The Moravian Brethren of Herrnhut attempted a mission here in the late 1700s in conjunction with the Danish Crown.


see also

David Nitschmann

David Nitschmann der Bischof (1695-1772), missionary of the Moravian Brethren and the first "Bishop" (Bischof der Brüdergemeine).

Nitschmann

Anna Nitschmann (1715–1760), a Moravian Brethren missionary (Missionarin), lyrical poet, and wife of Nikolaus von Zinzendorf

David Nitschmann der Bischof (1695–1772), a missionary of the Moravian Brethren and the first "Bishop" (Bischof der Brüdergemeine)