Stunning Symbol of Jesus Discovered in "Magnificent" 1,500-Year-Old Israeli Church

Teresa Neumann : Jan 24, 2014 Staff – Huffington Post

The location of the church, near what was once a busy road, suggests it was an important gathering place for the Christian communities and perhaps the major church serving the region.

Mosaic (Tel Aviv, Israel)—Numerous sources are reporting the discovery of a 1,500-year-old Byzantine Basilica, or church, in the village of Moshav Aluma, 30 miles south of Tel Aviv. (Photo: Israel Antiquities Autority/via Huffington Post)

According to a report in Live Science, one of the most remarkable finds was a white "mosaic containing a Christogram, or a 'type of monogram of the name of Jesus.' It's actually more like a 'chi rho' symbol, which puts together the first two capital letters in the Greek word for Christ and often looks like an X superimposed on a P."

In addition, the Greek letters alpha and omega appear on either side of the chi rho.

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