Plans unveiled for shared faith house, dubbed a ‘churmosquagogue’, in Berlin
After a decade of planning, the project’s backers say the new building – will incorporate a church, a mosque and a synagogue, all linked to a central meeting place.
Plans for a £35 million shared faith centre dubbed a “churmosquagogue” have been unveiled in Berlin.
The foundation stone for the new ‘House of One’, to be shared between the city’s Christians, Muslims and Jews, will be laid in May on the site of an old church torn down by the Communist rulers of East Germany during the Cold War.
After a decade of planning, the project’s backers say the new building – designed by Berlin architects Kuehn Malvezzi – will incorporate a church, a mosque and a synagogue, all linked to a central meeting place.
“There are many different ways to God, and each is a good way,” said co-creator Rabbi Andreas Nachama, who is working with a pastor and imam. “It is more than
a symbol. It is the start of a new era where we show there is no hate between us.”
Although Christians, Muslims and Jews would worship separately, the visionaries say congregants could visit each other.
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