An iconic symbol of the Christmas season, the Moravian star takes on special significance in the Lehigh Valley, particularly in the Moravian-founded communities of Bethlehem and Nazareth. The ...

It was adopted by the Moravian Church as an Advent symbol and would later become a popular symbol around the world. It’s usually hung on the first Sunday of Advent and remains up through Jan. 6.

The Moravian Church, according to the Christian denomination’s history, began in the 1400s in what is present day Czech Republic, and expanded into what is now the United States in the 1740s.

The Moravian Star at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center was relit Tuesday night as a symbol of hope for people in western North Carolina.

BETHLEHEM, Pa., March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The inspiration for the newest brand for Moravian Village of Bethlehem, Bethlehem's Premier 55+ Community, comes from a little-known fact behind one ...

N.C. Rep. Donny Lambeth will try, again, to make two iconic Moravian symbols — cookie and star — the official state product. Lambeth introduced last week bipartisan House bills 124 and 125 ...

Rudy Art Studio, a turn-of-the-20th-century York, Pa., business made this stained-glass window at York's First Moravian Church, one of many made for the North Duke Street building.

Moravian stars are seen on porch lights, business and hospitals around the city. Jackie Pascale looks into their history and popularity Trump endorses budget fix that would restore Washington, DC ...

If you should happen to drive by Linda Saunders-McLean's house in Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the night, you'll see her living room lit up by a glowing white light with 26 points. The geometric shape is ...

North Carolina fourth graders asked to make the state cookie Moravian cookie. A state star, too, is in a state symbol bill that passed House. Politics & Government Moravian cookies are a ...

He said the students had all kinds of ideas for what could be state symbols. “And knowing 9- and 10-year-olds, some could be outlandish, but it came down to a state cookie because there isn’t ...