Jubail Church

Jubail Church is an ancient church building near Jubail, a city in the Eastern province on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia [1]. The date of the Jubail Church is contentious [1]. Some sources place it in the fourth century, whereas others place it in the seventh [1]. It contains a stucco, which suggests it is contemporary with similar Christian sites known from al-Qusur, Sir Bani Yas and Kharg [1]. It contains two still visible crosses that have been carved into the wall on either side of the middle inner doorway leading from the nave towards the sanctuary [1]. The church was discovered in 1986 and excavated by the Saudi Department of Antiquities in 1987 [1]. The church originally belonged to the Church of the East, a branch of Eastern Christianity in West Asia [1].