Moravian Society Berne
The Moravian Society in Berne can trace its beginnings back to the year 1739. It has thus existed for more than 275 years as an evangelical community within the Bernese Reformed Church. Today it has about 40 members in the city and region of Berne. Its circle of friends is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds. Despite its relative smallness, the Society Berne plays a not insignificant role in the church and social life of the city, especially through its connection with the association "House of Religions - Dialogue of Cultures". In 2000, the Moravian pastor Hartmut Haas and his wife Friederike Kronbach-Haas were called to Berne by the church leadership to build up a new work there alongside the Society for the integration of people newly arrived in the city from all over the world. This was combined with the initiative to build a House of Religions, which was inaugurated at Europaplatz 1 in December 2014. Since then, the Moravian Society Berne, together with a congregation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, has found its home in the church room belonging to the House of Religions and organizes its worship meetings and other events there. She is also involved in ecumenical and interreligious dialogue.
Welcome
Events of the Herrnhut Society Bern
- Sunday, March 30, 5 p.m. (time change!), service in the style of the Moravian Church, followed by church coffee
Other events in the House of Religions
Every Wednesday, 12:15 p.m. “Aufatmen am Mittag” - an ecumenical lunchtime prayer
The new program from January to June 2025 with many interesting events is available and can be ordered or taken away at the House of Religions or viewed on the website www.haus-der-religionen.ch.
Please note the following events in particular:
- Friday, March 21, from 17:00, Newroz, an Alevi celebration of new beginnings with fire, music and communal eating in the Dergâh
- Saturday, March 22, 18:30, Iftar, breaking the fast together during the fasting month of Ramadan
Das Haus der Religionen. Ein Film zum 10. Geburtstag
Unsere Heimat - das Haus der Religionen
Im Haus der Religionen am Europaplatz in Bern hat auch die Herrnhuter Sozietät ihre Heimat.

Einmal pro Monat trifft sich die Sozietät zu einem Gottesdienst in Herrnhuter Tradition.

Der Kirchenraum im Haus der Religionen wird nicht nur von den Herrnhutern, sondern auch von der äthiopischen Gemeinde genutzt, deshalb findet sich auch eine farbenfrohe Ikonostase in ihm. Wer gern mehr darüber erfahren möchte, kann hier eine Broschüre herunterladen.
Das Haus der Religionen ist barrierefrei.

Die Ikonostase im Kirchenraum. Foto: Hartmut Haas.

Die Geburt Jesu, dargestellt im Kirchenraum. Foto: Harmut Haas.

Contact
Rev. Frieder Vollprecht
Leimenstr. 10
CH-4055 Basel
Tel. 061 272 74 12
Banking:
IBAN CH06 0900 0000 3000 3093 2
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