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  2. List of oldest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    Early Church To date remains of 16 early Christian basilicas have been revealed in the Polog Valley, of which 12 in Tetovo area and 4 in Gostivar area, and best has been investigated the one in Stenče dating from the 5th century AD, which is unique in Macedonia with 3 baptisteries. Bolnisi Sioni: Bolnisi: Georgia: 479–493 Georgian Orthodox

  3. Early Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Early Christians gathered in small private homes, [2] known as house churches, but a city's whole Christian community would also be called a "church"—the Greek noun ἐκκλησία (ekklesia) literally means "assembly", "gathering", or "congregation" [3] [4] but is translated as "church" in most English translations of the New Testament.

  4. List of the oldest churches in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Oldest active church building in Boston and a National Historic Landmark, the Old North Church (formal name: Christ Church in the City of Boston) is the location from which the famous signal lanterns are said to have been displayed for Paul Revere's midnight ride during the American Revolution. [6] Parish Church of St. Helena: Beaufort, South ...

  5. Seven churches of Asia - Wikipedia

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    Map of western Anatolia showing the island Patmos and the locations of the cities housing the seven churches. The Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Asia, are seven churches of early Christianity mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation.

  6. Pentarchy - Wikipedia

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    Map of the four Eastern Churches in the Pentarchy, c. 500 AD. In this version, almost all of modern Greece such as the Balkans and Crete is under the jurisdiction of the Holy See of Rome . Emperor Leo III moved the border of the Patriarchate of Constantinople westward and northward in the 8th century.

  7. Christianized sites - Wikipedia

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    In the first centuries of Christianity churches were either house churches in whatever houses were offered for use by their owners, or were shrines on the burial-sites of martyrs or saints, which following the usual classical practice were invariably on the (then) edges of cities—the necropolis was always outside the polis.

  8. Early Church of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The Early Church of Jerusalem is considered to be the first community of early Christianity.It was formed in Jerusalem after the crucifixion of Jesus.It proclaimed to Jews and non-Jews the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the forgiveness of sins and Jesus' commandments to prepare for his return and the associated end of the world.

  9. List of churches that are National Historic Landmarks in the ...

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    Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow: 1685 1961 Sleepy Hollow, NY: Dutch Reformed Church: Old Quaker Meeting House of Queens: 1694–1719 1967 Queens, New York City, NY: Society of Friends: Merion Friends Meeting House: c. 1695 –1715 1999 Merion Station, PA: Society of Friends: Holy Trinity Church: 1698 1961 Wilmington, DE: Georgian: Church of ...