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A room near the church’s apse contains fragments of a sarcophagus believed to be St. Neophytos’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

There is still scaffolding around much of the eastern end, and in coming years the outside walls of the apse and sacristy will need treatment.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

The floor plans of Aksumite churches generally followed that of Byzantine churches or basilica, meaning they were oblong in shape with a rounded apse at one end.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Then you can sit in the chapel’s apse and listen to a soothing ambient composition, piped through speakers.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

Once the east end of the site had been cleared, the location of the apse and choir was marked out with wooden stakes.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay