God's acre

For the first year, the single men gathered for an all-night prayer vigil, ending with hymn singing in the graveyard they referred to as “God’s Acre.”

In addition to the longstanding liturgy, the service includes a silent procession to the Salem Moravian Graveyard, also called “God’s Acre,” and concludes among the graves that go back generations.

Go on a specific quest rather than allowing “God’s water to flow across God’s acre,” as an Afrikaans expression has it.

Conservation charity Caring for God's Acre says many cemeteries are overgrown and neglected - but because of that, have also become a haven for wildlife.

A plaque at the tower says Nazareth’s first Moravian graveyard was known as “God’s Acre” and was in use from 1744 to 1762.