Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1
Archaeological - Ministry of Antiquities, Fayoum Governorate
2
Professor, Faculty of Archeology Fayoum University
Abstract
The houses of worship have played an important role in the
lives of peoples from early periods in history until the present
time. They were among the most facilities that received clear
attention, whether in their plans, architecture or decorations, and
among those religious installations were churches, but churches
as places of worship did not know with the emergence of
Christianity, but rather It became known after the recognition of
the Christian religion, that is, after about four centuries, as a
result of the persecution of Christians by the Romans, as
Christians in that early period used to perform their prayers and
rituals in secret and out of sight in cemeteries and underground
vaults (Syndicus, 1962, p.39), as well as in Temples, but with
the recognition of Christianity as the official state religion in
392 AD (Schaff, 1891, p.67), Christians began to establish
churches as places of worship based on some well-known plans
in ancient architecture, as is the case with the layout of the
Roman basilicas that Christians borrowed in the planning of
their churches Which was known in the basilica style (Grabar,
1967, 311), and Egypt was one of the first areas in which
churches were established, and the Coptic Church is considered
one of the oldest churches as it dates back to the era of the first
apostles, despite the lack of Physical evidence that you refer to
that date (Shiha, 1977, p. 13). But when Egypt followed the
Byzantine Church, some Byzantine elements were added to the
church, such as domes and columns.
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