STIFLED by the strict rules that had her sneaking around, one woman escaped her Amish community at 17 – and has since spilled the beans on what her ultra-conservative upbringing was really ...

The Old Order Amish of southern Monroe and northern Vernon County have established 25 one-room schools to educate their children grades one to eight. By age 14, the young graduates ...

I am Lovina’s “English” friend Ruth, and since Lovina is busy with wedding preparations this week and recovering next week, I am filling in for her for th ...

The Amish community in the Susquehanna Valley will observe Ascension Day on Thursday. It commemorates Jesus' physical ascension into heaven. It falls on the 40th day following Easter Sunday.

The Amish are a Christian group originating from the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church, a European religious movement from the 17th century. Every day life for the Amish is ruled by a specific set of ...

Every Amish community revolves around a central church and its "Ordnung" (i.e., rules and regulations). It was once widely believed that the Amish were divided into four affiliations ...

The Amish broadly would not be opposed to language like “having a closer walk with Jesus” and would likely support it, but in Irvin’s world, the phrase is framed as an oft-repeated point of ...

The Amish Farm and House offers guided tours that provide context for the lifestyle you’ll observe throughout the area. You’ll learn about the Ordnung – the unwritten rules that govern Amish life – ...

The Amish follow a set of principles called the Ordnung, which guides their decisions about everything from clothing to technology. Contrary to popular belief, the Amish aren’t uniformly against all ...

"The differences lie primarily in practice," Burdge said. He uses the German word Ordnung, which means order or rules, to describe the principles the Amish follow and the traditions they uphold.