This is the earliest securely-dated house-church in the world as we know that it was active before the site was abandoned in 256. The frescoes from the building are now the property of Yale University and only the walls and outline of the building remain at Dura today.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
6th August 2010
Contributor
Joshua Bryant
William Chappell
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
unless otherwise indicated
Type
Architecture
Tags
Archaeology, Architecture, Church, Dura Europos, Euphrates, House-Church, Syria
Collection
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Dura Europos House-Church,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed April 25, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/414.