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Oldest church building

Oldest church building
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WHO
Dura Europos house church
WHERE
Syrian Arab Republic (Qal'at es Salihiye)
WHEN
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The oldest surviving Christian church in the world is a converted house in Qal'at es Salihiye (formerly Dura Europos) in eastern Syria, dating from AD232. In the 1930s, Yale archaeologists dismantled it and rebuilt it back in the United States.