Žeravice. Вývalý sbor Českých bratří

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It has a new roof. Žeravice was one of the main seats of the Czech or Moravian brothers, as they called themselves. Many of them immigrated around 1538 under the lords of Podstatský from Prusinovice after the great persecution of the Brethren in Bohemia. The lords and holders of Žeravice not only allowed them to live here, but were also very sympathetic to them. The Zástřízlás, in particular, were adherents of their teachings. There are records of the activities of the Czech brothers here as early as 1515 and 1517, when Vilém of Víckov presented them with material gifts such as fields, meadows, vineyards and forest and many benefits. Important fraternal synods (meetings) were transferred from Bohemia to Moravia, and many of them took place in Žeravice. The most memorable for the development of Brethren Unity was the synod held in 1616, at which the "Order of Church Brothers of the Czechs" was established.