Gracehill receives UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site status

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00:00I am absolutely delighted, I am thrilled that we've just got World Heritage status.

00:06It means so much to us, both as a church community here and as the wider Moravian Church.

00:13The Moravian Church is only a small church, but its impact over the years has been phenomenal in different places.

00:20And its international culture, its international links, means such a lot to us all.

00:26So here in Grace Hill, we will be celebrating the fact that we, along with our partners in Herenhut in Germany

00:35and in Bethlehem in Pennsylvania and Christiansvat, are linked by World Heritage.

00:40So we've just had the fantastic news that Grace Hill, along with our international partners,

00:46have been inscribed as a World Heritage site. The site will be known as Moravian Church Settlements.

00:53And this is huge good news for Northern Ireland as a whole, something that everyone can share in and be proud of.

00:59And it has the potential to promote understanding and reconciliation

01:03and bring huge benefits right across our communities now and for generations to come.