Palaestina Secunda

Hippos Palaestines was located with in Palaestina Secunda. The churches listed below are in this administrative district, are basilical in form, and will be considered as part of the data set for the project.

  1. East Church at Pella
  2. Tiberias Mt. Berenice — Anchor Church
  3. Tabgha Church of Loaves and Fishes
  4. Deir Qrukh: St George cenobium
  5. Rafid – Chapel
  6. Paneas — Christian basilica
  7. Horvat Kenes – Northern Church
  8. Sepphoris — West Church
  9. Sepphoris — East Church
  10. Tell Keisan (Tel Kison) — Byzantine Church
  11. Nazareth — Church of the Annunciation
  12. Horvat Qav — Monastery
  13. Kafr Kama – Monastery (?)
  14. Kefar ‘Othnai — Megido Prison
  15. Abila — Area D Basilica
  16. Abila — Area A Basilica
  17. Abila — Central Church
  18. Abila — Area D Basilica
  19. Abila — Basilica in the Theatre with crypt
  20. Abila — Tri-apsidal Church
  21. Umm Qays — Byzantine Octagonal Church
  22. Umm Qays — West Basilica (Mausoleum)
  23. Khirbat Al-Burz — Sama Al-Rusan
  24. Scythopolis — Church of the Martyr
  25. Scythopolis — St. Basilius restored as Andreas Church
  26. Scythopolis — Church of the Martyr Monastery

Links to individual pages for each church are forthcoming.


The Archaeology of Liturgy Project reflects research conducted at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem during the spring of 2023.