A short voyage over to the Greek Island of Patmos. It was from here that John the Apostle was an exile, and wrote his book of Revelation as revealed to him by Jesus Christ. Read Revelation chapter 1. We had an outdoor Mass overlooking the bay, and we all entered the Cave of St. John […]
Read MoreOne of the most anticipated days is now upon us! Ephesus is one of the most magnificent Roman ruins anywhere in the world. The massive city was visited by Saint Paul, who lived here for two years and wrote them a epistle. We start with Mass at Mary’s House up on Nightingale Mountain. Then we […]
Read MoreWe spent the morning on the ship and I gave my talk “Saint Paul’s Life, Travels, and Theology” Part 2. We had Mass in the auditorium on the ship. Because we could not dock on the ship, we took tenders to get to the shore. These are like little tug boats which ferry people back-and-forth […]
Read MoreTurkey Istanbul Turkey used to be called Constantinople and across the Bosporus River was Chalcedon. South a ways is Nicaea and Ephesus. The first Eight Ecemenical Councils took place here. Six of them in the Istanbul area. If Christianity was born in Israel, it grew up in the area of modern-day Turkey. We started our […]
Read MoreWe were the first group off the ship to arrive where Paul baptized Lydia, his first European convert, at the Zigotus River. Beautiful outdoor Mass site along the water. From there, we went to the archaeological site of ancient Philippi, to whom Paul wrote his epistle to the Philippians. We saw the prison in which […]
Read MoreCalm seas all night from Athens to Thessaloniki. We disembarked and went to our three buses and guides. And if we went on the city tour of Thessaloniki. You can read about Paul’s experience here in ax chapter 17 and he also wrote two epistles to the Thessalonians. We saw the white tower along the […]
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