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[1] The Dura-Europos church in Syria is the oldest surviving church building in the world, [2] while the archaeological remains of both the Aqaba Church and the Megiddo church have been considered to be the world's oldest known purpose-built church, erected in the Roman Empire's administrative Diocese of the East in the 3rd century.
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The ruins contain one of the oldest inscriptions referring to the divinity of Jesus. [2] [3] [4] The church was dated to circa 230 AD on the basis of pottery, coins, and the inscriptional style. [5] [6] [7] The site's abandonment, circa 305 AD, is evident in the purposeful covering of the mosaic, which may correlate to the Diocletianic ...
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It is believed to be one of the oldest church buildings in the world. Also known as Kare Kilisa (the "Stone made Church") [ 1 ] (Kare in Armenian translates to "stone," and Kelisa is the Persian word for "church"), this historic site is located approximately 20 kilometers from the town of Chaldiran in Iran, in the region historically referred ...
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Church May be the oldest, extant wooden church in the world and the oldest, extant wooden building in Europe. [141] [142] Roykstovan in Kirkjubø: Faroe Islands: No clear date, middle of 11th century CE Farmhouse May be the oldest continuously inhabited wooden building in the world [143] Ditherington Flax Mill: United Kingdom (England ...
Rihab is home to numerous natural caves and dozens of churches, most of which date back to the late sixth or early seventh century. [1] [2]St. George's church in Rihab is claimed to be one of the oldest churches in the world. [3]