Sunrise service
Sunrise service is a worship
In the
History
The first Easter Sunrise Service recorded took place in 1732 in the Moravian congregation at Herrnhut in the Upper Lusatian hills of Saxony.[3] After an all-night prayer vigil, the Single Brethren—the unmarried men of the community—went to the town graveyard, God's Acre, on the hill above the town to sing hymns of praise to the Risen Saviour.[3] The following year, the whole Congregation joined in the service.[4] Thereafter the "Easter Morning" or "Sunrise Service" spread around the world with the Moravian missionaries.[3] The procession to the graveyard is accompanied by the antiphonal playing of chorales by brass choirs.[5]
In the United States
Many churches in the American South still hold traditional sunrise services in cemeteries as a sign of recognition that
A famous Moravian sunrise service in the United States is that of the Salem Congregation in what is now
In 2012, in
Another long-running sunrise service dates back to 1944 atop
References
- ^ "Lent, Holy Week and Easter". Home Moravian Church. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Steenwyk, Carrie. "Easter Vigil". Christian Reformed Church in North America. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
The Easter Vigil, also referred to as the Paschal Vigil or the First Service of Easter, is held either on the Saturday evening before Easter or very early Easter morning.
- ^ a b c The Easter Morning Sunrise Service, This Month in Moravian History, Number 18, 2007-04, Moravian Archives, Bethlehem NC.
- ^ Iovino, Joe. "Easter sunrise services: A celebration of resurrection", United Methodist Church, March 18, 2016
- ^ a b c d e Easter Sunrise Service of the Moravian Church at God's Acre in Old Salem, Carolina Music Ways, 2003.
- ^ Services celebrate Easter, Wilkes Journal Patriot, 2009-08-10.
- ^ "Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point NC News and Weather - WXII Channel 12".
- ^ a b Bill O'Leary. "Easter observed at Sunrise Celebration". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
Thousands of people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial at sunrise Sunday for the 34th "Sunrise Celebration" Easter service, a Washington tradition for Christians of all denominations. Christian faithful gather for Easter service at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Sunday, a tradition that goes back more than three decades.