Historic Assyrian Church of the East Site Discovered in China

February 5, 2014 CIRED, English Articles 3,379 Views

The Sunday Examiner (Hong Kong) reported on 2 February 2014 that the 2009 discovery of a Christian site in China has been verified as a historical relic dated to the missionary enterprise of the Assyrian Church of the East in China.

Experts have verified that a niche in a stone wall with a cross above it, found at the Longmen Grottoes in central Henan Province was a repository for the ashes and bones of Christians. The discovery at the UNESCO World Heritage site was made in 2009 and verified by experts in mid-January 2014. The discovery is dated between the Ming and Tang dynasties, from 316 to 907AD.

This latest discovery adds to the well-established historical record of the missionary enterprise of the Assyrian Church of the East in China.

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