Canal archive Posted September 10 #3651 Share Posted September 10 It’s supposed to have been started in the Moravian Church in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 10 #3652 Share Posted September 10 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Canal archive said: It’s supposed to have been started in the Moravian Church in Germany. I see. I know the Moravians from research and you have had them in England for just a few years longer than we have in Germany. Count Zinzendorf preached in London. Thank you for the info, must look into that. They are Protestants basically, but separate from the others. They built their own settlements or town quarters according to how they wanted to live in the congregation. This makes for interesting aspects of social, cultural and religious history. Their place in Denmark called Christiansfeld is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. notamermaid Edited September 10 by notamermaid added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 12 #3653 Share Posted September 12 The ship spotters on Binnenschifferforum have seen a new Viking ship at the Neptun shipyard. She is the Viking Nerthus and is not completed yet, but has the logo, name and is floating. She looks large. Is that the next ship for the Rhine/Main/Danube? [not another one! notamermaid thinks]. notamermaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDVIK2016 Posted September 15 #3654 Share Posted September 15 On 9/10/2024 at 7:58 AM, notamermaid said: Had forgotten about that one. Actually, I had never known a Christingle before I went to England, I do not know what the German equivalent is and I do not recall celebrating in such a way. Perhaps we just never did or I was too young to remember. notamermaid On 9/10/2024 at 2:52 AM, Canal archive said: Notamermaid is the Christingle still celebrated in Germany it was started there in the 1740s not old I know but always enjoyed by my Girl Guides, Brownies and Rainbows. Canal Archive, Thank you for introducing the practice of the Christingle. I have never heard of this over here on this side of the pond. After a little research it appears that Moravian churches and some Reformed churches in the US do have Christingle services. The Christingle seems not to have become a widespread practice anywhere except in the UK, not even in Germany where it originated. Very interesting! The Moravians in the USA have a church center and a college in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where I spent some time long ago - not with the Moravians, but at another university there. The Moravian community buildings there and in three other places, one each in Germany, England, and Denmark, now have UNESCO World Heritage status. Their traditions dating back to Jan Hus are of great interest to me. In May I was in Prague and toured the Betlem Kaple (Bethlehem Chapel) where Jan Hus preached. RDVIK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 15 #3655 Share Posted September 15 I think it’s one of those - ohh this is something special so we will integrate it into our lives - I was first introduced to it in I suppose one of the most unlikely of places of worship, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Chapel one of the most special places of worship I’ve been privileged to use. To see the Cadets helping the youngsters and them looking at these large uniformed Cadets in awe (especially the Senior GuidesR) added to the whole experience. We rotated our places of worship around the area in various denominations and all used the Christingle. Sadly no Jewish, Sikh, or other places of worship available locally but my Guides were invited to a Mosque to visit, which we did. I really loved this interaction youngsters do ask the most penetrating questions! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 15 #3656 Share Posted September 15 Just got to say thank you America for Angel Blue absolutely superb addition to the ‘Last Night of the Proms’ what a star. Look on the news feeds amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pontac Posted September 15 #3657 Share Posted September 15 I have lived in the UK for many years and never ever heard of Christingle before reading of it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted September 15 #3658 Share Posted September 15 4 hours ago, pontac said: I have lived in the UK for many years and never ever heard of Christingle before reading of it here. It is certainly a bit of an isolated tradition even in the Protestant church. Not Anglican either and it appears that it has not been picked up by may churches. I attended one in Kent many years ago. Never one in Germany. The Moravians have a few unique traditions. When you are in a town with a congregation do have a look at the architecture or read the notice boards at their churches. I am not sure how many congregations have the original architecture but some do stand out in the overall townscapes. Which is partly what has made the traditions UNESCO material, as noted above by @RDVIK2016. The one in Germany is called Herrnhut. I have never been there, but know the one in Neuwied on the Rhine (from a history project). The church interior is always white, quite different from Protestant or Catholic tradition. UNESCO: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1468/ Herrnhut is an hour and twenty minutes by car from Dresden, from Bad Schandau it is a good hour. notamermaid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 16 #3659 Share Posted September 16 Now it was a long time ago but if I remember correctly during my school trip to Austria we stayed in a little village Mutters which had a sister village Natters on a day excursion we went to Oberammergau it was the year before the play and we got to stand on the stage and whisper, you actually can hear from the back row. Well on the way back we stopped at the most beautiful small church in the middle of nowhere and inside it was so colourful it almost hurt your eyes. The guide told us that all churches used to be such until the example of the ultra Protestants caused them to tone down the exuberant colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDVIK2016 Posted September 16 #3660 Share Posted September 16 11 hours ago, Canal archive said: Now it was a long time ago but if I remember correctly during my school trip to Austria we stayed in a little village Mutters which had a sister village Natters on a day excursion we went to Oberammergau it was the year before the play and we got to stand on the stage and whisper, you actually can hear from the back row. Well on the way back we stopped at the most beautiful small church in the middle of nowhere and inside it was so colourful it almost hurt your eyes. The guide told us that all churches used to be such until the example of the ultra Protestants caused them to tone down the exuberant colour. It sounds like you might be describing the beautiful Wieskirche. It is a short distance from Oberammergau, although not exactly on the way back to Mutters. Otherwise maybe it was the Ettal Monastery, which is on the road back, but is a pretty large facility. Both places are extremely beautiful. To see a really over the top church interior visit the Asamkirche in Munich! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 16 #3661 Share Posted September 16 Thank you I’m pretty sure it was the Wieskirche small and as of then alone on a small hill. It made a huge impression on us all regardless of us being 60s youngsters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted September 16 Author #3662 Share Posted September 16 4 minutes ago, Canal archive said: small and as of then alone on a small hill That phrase made me think of this meme: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 16 #3663 Share Posted September 16 Where’s that Wolf when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted September 16 Author #3664 Share Posted September 16 14 minutes ago, Canal archive said: Where’s that Wolf when you need him? She's actually the favorite neighbor on Halloween. Look at the size of those candy canes! [Just don't let the kids go inside her house...] 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 19 #3665 Share Posted September 19 https://news.sky.com/video/share-13217580 And now Northern Portugal is fighting wild fires. From the sublime to the ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted September 19 Author #3666 Share Posted September 19 11 hours ago, Canal archive said: https://news.sky.com/video/share-13217580 And now Northern Portugal is fighting wild fires. From the sublime to the ridiculous! This problem is spreading because of imported tree [Eucalyptus, if I remember correctly] mono crops that become super-heated fires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 19 #3667 Share Posted September 19 Most probably along the same lines of the fires that almost wiped out the Spanish Cork Trees some years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 22 #3668 Share Posted September 22 (edited) Well done Australia Ricardo on his last F1 Gran prix got the fastest lap. Absolutely brilliant. Plus Driver of the day. Edited September 22 by Canal archive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Trips Posted Tuesday at 01:56 AM #3669 Share Posted Tuesday at 01:56 AM Sometimes English doesn’t translate well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted Tuesday at 02:09 AM Author #3670 Share Posted Tuesday at 02:09 AM Maybe that's why I didn't try the "Pork Feathers" on MSC [I decided to wait until pigs fly...] or the "Gelding" on the English menu at a restaurant in Spain – turned out to be Capon, which sounds much more appetizing... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted Tuesday at 06:34 AM #3671 Share Posted Tuesday at 06:34 AM CPT imagine first trip to the USA with one just teenage and one not quite (just about to celebrate her 50TH birthday now) and they’re confronted by biscuits in gravy on the menu. They’d seen so many things so to them completely different it nearly broke the camels back, it was the quickest we’d been asked ‘when are we going home? I’m glad to say they’ve both gotten over that little quirk and have now introduced their respective husbands to many areas of the USA. Jazz but maybe more grammatically correct! My dads name for a Capon would not be allowed on the pages of CC but then he was a Navy man! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted Tuesday at 07:38 AM Author #3672 Share Posted Tuesday at 07:38 AM 1 hour ago, Canal archive said: Jazz but maybe more grammatically correct! My dads name for a Capon would not be allowed on the pages of CC but then he was a Navy man! I was afraid I'd be eating the parts removed in the process! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jpalbny Posted Tuesday at 09:49 AM #3673 Share Posted Tuesday at 09:49 AM Similar to "prairie oysters" then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted Tuesday at 10:13 AM #3674 Share Posted Tuesday at 10:13 AM Does anyone know where those removed parts end up, I dread to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted Tuesday at 12:05 PM #3675 Share Posted Tuesday at 12:05 PM As a non-Anglo I am sorry to say I did not get the plot... Why are the biscuits in the gravy? notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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