Sue Fisher, President of Ephrata Cloister Associates, left, Elizabeth Bertheaud, historic site administrator with Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission, center, and Rick Jackson, landscape ...

The Ephrata Cloister in Lancaster County is one of the oldest tourist attractions in the Susquehanna Valley.Dating back to the early 1700s, it still draws visitors from around the world.Now, ...

Ephrata Cloister became a state-owned historic site in 1941. By then, it had been a spot for tourists for hundreds of years. Michael Showalter, museum educator at the Ephrata site spoke about ...

The Ephrata Cloister in Lancaster County is one of the oldest tourist attractions in the Susquehanna Valley. Dating back to the early 1700s, it still draws visitors from around the world. Now ...

The Ephrata Cloister is an early religious community, founded in 1732 by German settlers. At the peak of the community’s influence, it had about 300 members in the mid-1700s.

EPHRATA, Pa. — Historic Ephrata Cloister is hosting their annual lantern tours this week, returning to an in-person format after going virtual last year due to the pandemic. The cloister was ...

EPHRATA, Pa. (WHTM) — It was one of Pennsylvania’s early experiments in religious freedom. “Ephrata Cloister was an early religious community, established in 1732 by a German immi… ...

In winter, it’s easy to grasp the severity of life at Ephrata Cloister, a Protestant monastic community in eastern Pennsylvania where, in 1732, Conrad Beissel, banished from Germany for his ...

EPHRATA, Pa. (WHTM) – The Ephrata Cloister’s annual apple dumpling sale is returning next month. The pastry-wrapped apples covered in sweet cinnamon syrup are sold every year to help ra… ...

One of America’s earliest communal societies, the Ephrata Cloister, was founded in Ephrata, Pa., by Conrad Beissel in 1732. On March 1, Beissel’s 300th birthday will be marked at the cl… ...

One of the earliest stylistic schools of fraktur ascended from the Ephrata Cloister […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 47°F. Thursday, March 6th 2025 e-Edition.