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A reconstruction of an ancient church recently discovered in Armenia. The newly discovered church measures about 100 feet across and is shaped like an octagon with “cruciform annexes oriented east-west and north-south,” according to Achim Lictenberger, who noted the discovery of a similar structure from a slightly later period found in Abchazia (Sebastopol).

Ancient ruins in Armenia might be oldest church in world’s first Christian nation

Oct 24, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

A team of German and Armenian researchers made a groundbreaking discovery last week of an ancient church in Armenia dating... Read more

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A reconstruction of an ancient church recently discovered in Armenia. The newly discovered church measures about 100 feet across and is shaped like an octagon with “cruciform annexes oriented east-west and north-south,” according to Achim Lictenberger, who noted the discovery of a similar structure from a slightly later period found in Abchazia (Sebastopol).

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