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  2. List of oldest church buildings - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Cathedral of San Fernando (San Antonio) - Wikipedia

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    A view of San Fernando in the 1800s Main Plaza, Cathedral, and Court House, San Antonio, Texas (postcard, c. 1901–1914) The original church of San Fernando was built between 1738 and 1750. The walls of that church today form the sanctuary of the cathedral, which gives rise to its claim as the oldest cathedral in the State of Texas.

  4. Cathedral of San Agustin (Laredo, Texas) - Wikipedia

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    The whole church was repaired and restored and a brick plaza was created along the front of the church. [3] In 2000 the Diocese of Laredo was established and the San Agustin Church was made its cathedral by order of Pope John Paul II. [4] Today, the San Agustin Cathedral is one of the oldest in the Southwest still standing.

  5. Dura-Europos church - Wikipedia

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    The ruins of the oldest house church made of stone blocks, which were built at the beginning of the fourth century AD through the conversion of a residential building, are located in Qirqbize in northwest Syria. In the nearby village of Fafertin stood the oldest purpose-built church building, which is inscribed and dated to 372 AD.

  6. Megiddo church (Israel) - Wikipedia

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    Megiddo church is an archaeological site near Tel Megiddo, Israel that preserves the foundations of one of the oldest Christian church buildings ever discovered by archaeologists. [1] The ruins contain one of the oldest inscriptions referring to the divinity of Jesus .

  7. Archaeologists uncover one of the world's oldest churches

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    Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an Armenian church dating back almost 2,000 years, making it the oldest structure of its kind in the country and one of the oldest in the world.

  8. Ciudad Juárez Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    The Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Ciudad Juárez), also Ciudad Juárez Cathedral, [2] is a Catholic cathedral church dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe that is located in Ciudad Juárez in the border state of Chihuahua, [3] in Mexico, in the area called Historical Center.

  9. Monastery of Saint Thaddeus - Wikipedia

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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 ...