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Rihab is a village in Mafraq Governorate, in northern Jordan.


Antique church buildings

Rihab features numerous natural caves and dozens of churches, most of them dating to the late sixth or early seventh century. St. Georgeous church in Rihab is claimed to be one of the oldest churches in the world. A cave under the church may have been used for Christian worship as early as AD 33, although this has been contested by experts.


See also

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List of oldest church buildings This article lists some but by no means all of the oldest known Church (building), church buildings in the world. In most instances, buildings listed here were reconstructed numerous times and only fragments of the original buildings have survived ...


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* * * * * Populated places in Mafraq Governorate {{Jordan-geo-stub