Rihab is a village in
Mafraq Governorate
Mafraq ( ar, محافظة المفرق ''Muhāfaẓat al-Mafraq'', local dialects ''Mafrag'' or ''Mafra' '') is one of the governorates of Jordan, located to the north-east of Amman, capital of Jordan. It has a population of 287,300 (2010 estimat ...
, in northern
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
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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.
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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
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