At the time that Thrace was a Roman province it comprised the land north of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosphorus to the Balkan Mountains and the Nestus River. All of what is presently European Turkey was then Thrace; it also included southern Bulgaria […]
Read more →Neither the New English Bible nor the Revised Standard Version includes the reference to Trogillium in Paul’s journey from Assus to Miletus. It is, however, in the King James Version in Acts 20:15. Trogillium Is on the cape where the Turkish mainland comes within a kilometer of […]
Read more →The seaport of Antioch in Roman times was at Seleucia. This town was one of many cities founded by and named for Seleucus Nicator. It was located at the mouth of the Orontes River on rocks which form a cliff above the Mediterranean at the foot of […]
Read more →Saint Nicholas (15 March 270 – 6 December 343), was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre-Turkey) in Lycia. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such […]
Read more →There is doubt about whether Paul the Apostle actually visited Caesarea Mazaca, and for that matter Tavium, Ancyra, or Pessinus either. The towns are not named in the New Testament but are included in some of the books about Paul’s journeys on the strength of the reference […]
Read more →The site of Tavium has yet to be excavated. It was probably not far from Boğazköy, the Hittite capital, or from Yozgat, and may have been one kilometer west of Büyük Nefes Köy, about 40 kilometers west of Yozgat. The whole area first came under the influence […]
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