The church in question is Christ Church (Old Swedes), Upper Merion ... with the settlers spreading out to Philadelphia in succeeding years. Between 1655 and 1675, the book reveals, the Swedes ...

Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Episcopal Church in Philadelphia’s Queen Village neighborhood is both Pennsylvania’s oldest surviving brick building and oldest church. Established in 1646 as a Swedish ...

This year, Old Swedes will celebrate its 325th anniversary ... in and near Delaware Philadelphia has Christ Church, where the founding fathers came together to pray while deciding how to build ...

The oldest church in Philadelphia is Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church, at Water Street in Queen Village was founded by Swedish settlers in 1677. Additionally, the northwest corner of Chestnut and ...

a historic church in South Philadelphia is holding a gravestone cleaning event to celebrate and preserve history. Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church, near Front and Christian streets, was ...

A nearly 350-year-old cemetery in South Philly ... The gravesites at the oldest church in Pennsylvania go back as far as 1677, predating Philadelphia itself. MORE: Sabrina Carpenter discusses ...

Rendell and local legislators to argue in favor of the proposed riverfront sites, Casino-Free Philadelphia and its small army ... a group of about 40 anti-casino activists gathered at the Old Swedes’ ...