Christians, Muslims and Jews to share faith centre in Berlin

On the site of a church torn down by East Germany’s communist rulers, a new place of worship is set to rise that will bring Christians, Jews and Muslims under one roof – and it has already been dubbed a “churmosquagogue”.

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Called the House of One or, colloquially, Churmosquagogue, it incorporates a church, a mosque and a synagogue.

The foundation stone will be laid on May 27 by people of these faiths.

A meeting space at the center of the building will be open to people of other faiths and world views as well as the secular urban society.

The House of One is coming up on the site of the old St Peter’s Church, which was damaged in World War II and completely demolished by the government of East Germany in 1964.