Kalistani Major History

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Kalistani Yearly Meeting House is Rebuilt
Architecture is said to be "Classic Style"
July 7, 4000
Kaliburg, Ananto District


Exterior of the Rebuilt KYM Meeting House in Downtown Kaliburg

Four years after the end of the War, the Kalistani Yearly Meeting of the Society of the Brethren of the Truth has returned to the Capital.  The previous building, constructed as the Brethren Society was rising in Kalistan seventy-six years ago, was completely destroyed during the shelling of Kaliburg, forcing the Yearly Meeting to relocate to the Mainland for the duration of the war.  When the Brethren returned to Kaliburg three years ago, they hired a reclamation firm to salvage as much building materials from the old building for reuse in a new building.  In all, the Brethren were able to reuse about 80% of the materials which were in the previous building to rebuild their new Building.

The new headquarters of the Kalistani Yearly Meeting, called The Friends Meeting House to stress the communitarian approach of the group, shall contain a smaller main meeting room and general offices of the Yearly Meeting will be built later in an annex plan.  Meanwhile, Kaliburg Brethren will have a new place to hold Monthly meetings for worship with Attention to Business, as well as a new spot in which to hold Quarterly and Yearly Meetings.  During the war years, Kaliburg Brethren had left the capital, but now they are returning to pick up their lives where they left off.  The building therefore restores Kaliburg's place as the center of Worldwide Brethrenism.


The Interior of the Friends Meeting House in Kaliburg

The style of the building is said to be "classic" style, by which the architects consciously emulated an antiquated architecture style to pay homage to the classic styles of the nations which serve as the roots of Kalistani Brethrenism, such as Luthori, Aloria, Valruzia, and Mordusia.  Valruzia was the center of the faith for a significant portion of the history of the movement, and claimed that 20% of the population was Brethrenist about 1800 years ago.  The Brethren experienced a brief resurgence nearly 700 years ago, when explicitly Brethrenist Parties controlled The Federal Republic of Mordusia.  The movement nearly went extinct since then, and only a few countries claimed a measurable population of adherents of Brethrenism.  Then in 3918, a young member of the Society, Jonas Bennots-Plum, gained control of the Socialist Party, which has been the most important political organization in Kalistan throughout the last 100 years, and moved several members of the Society into senior leadership.  Bennots-Plum went on a quest to introduce Kalistan to his faith, and was soon recruiting within the ranks of the Socialist Party, and the first Brethrenist President of the Republic was elected in 3920 elections. 

During the rest of the century, Brethrenism has risen to become the major religion of Kalistan, with more than 60% of the population attending meetings.  Though acknowledging the roots of the movement From Luthori and Aloria, through Valruzia and Mordusia, and into Kalistan, the Kalistani Meetings have done more to advance the understanding and theory of the Society in the last 100 years than anyone has done in more than a millennium and a half.  It can be said to be a fully Kalistani religion now, and the return of the Yearly Meeting to Kalistan cements its place once and for all in Kalistan.  With luck, the Meetinghouse will stand as a symbol of peace in Kalistan and in the world.