The name of the area settled by Celtic tribes (Gauls) In the third century B.C. has reference to the upland area of Asia Minor around Ankara. It became a part of the Roman Empire under Augustus in 25 B.C. When Paul was travelling through the area the […]
Read more →The area south and west of the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles is the general district of Mysia with Pergamon (Bergama) and Cyzicus (Erdek) the main cities. Mysians are among those named by Homer as allies of Troy. Mysia was a region in the northwest of […]
Read more →Semistra seems to be the name of the first settlement of people on the Golden Horn some time during the first millennium B.C. This was at the head of the Horn where the two streams, Cydaris (Ali Bey Suyu) and Barbysus (Kâğıthane Suyu), come together. In the ninth […]
Read more →The ruins of the city of Pessinus are about 15 kilometers south of the town of Sivrihisar and on the left bank of the Sangarius (Sakarya) River. What is left includes a theater and the foundations of the famous temple to Cybele. Pieces of the marble wall […]
Read more →Timothy was the first first-century Christian bishop of Ephesus, whom tradition relates died around the year AD 97. The New Testament indicates that Timothy traveled with Saint Paul, who was also his mentor. He is addressed as the recipient of the Epistles to Timothy. Saint Timothy is […]
Read more →Barnabas, born Joseph, was an early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem. According to Acts 4:36 Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew. Named an apostle in Acts 14:14, he and Paul the Apostle undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts against the Judaizers. They […]
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