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Last Christians gather in ruins of Turkey's quake-hit Antakya
The Christian community in Antakya has shrunk from 350 to fewer than 90 families after the 2023 earthquakes, gathering at Saint Peter’s cave church for Christmas Eve.
- Saint Peter's is a sacred gathering place for the dwindling Christian community in quake-hit Antakya, Turkey, formerly known as Antioch.
- The Christian population in Antakya has decreased from 350 families to fewer than 90 since the earthquakes, according to Father Dimitri Dogum.
- Father Dimitri Dogum emphasized both the religious and community significance of gathering in the world's first cave church, where the early disciples met.
- He noted that previously, the church was filled with crowds, highlighting the historical importance of the site.
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Last Christians gather in ruins of Turkey's quake-hit Antakya
Saint Peter's, one of the world's oldest rock churches, is a sacred rallying point for the isolated Christians still left in quake-hit Antakya in southeastern Turkey, the city known in ancient times as Antioch.
Antakya’s remaining Christians mark Christmas Eve in Saint Peter’s cave church after quake - Turkish Minute
A cave church believed to be one of the oldest Christian worship sites in the world drew Orthodox Christians in Turkey’s quake hit city of Antakya on Christmas Eve as a shrinking community tried to regroup nearly three years after the disaster. Worshippers gathered at the Church of Saint Peter, a rock cut sanctuary on […]
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