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| Turkey is a unique setting for seeing the histories of the three monotheistic religions,
Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
It was here that Abraham was challenged by God and
it was here that St.Paul
heard the call to carry his message into Europe.
In all parts of the country there are places celebrated for some pivotal event, for the work of some master artist or for the home of some religious leader. | |
Izmir (Smyrna) Revelation 2:8-11
Efes (Ephesus) Revelation 1:11, 2:1-7, Acts 18:19-28, 19:1-41, Ephesians
Eskihisar (Laodicea) Revelation 3:12-22, Colossians 2:1, 4:13-16
Alasehir (Philadelphia) Revelation 3:7-13
Sart (Sardis) Revelation 3:1-6
Akhisar (Thyatira) Revelation 2:18-29, Acts 16:14
Bergama (Pergamum) Revelation 2:12-17
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The first Jews are estimated to have settled in Anatolia in the 6th century B.C. making the Jewish community in Turkey one of the oldest in the world. Biblical references in Isaiah (66;19) and Joel (3;4-6) testify to Jewish presence in Anatolia, pointing to a place called Sepharad in Obadiah (1;20).In the 3rd century B.C Antiochus brought 2.000 Jews to Phrygia and Lydia, thriving civilizations in Western Anatolia, and the first Synogogues in Asia minor were built during this time.
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Saint Paul was born in Tarsus, south of Turkey in ancient Cilicia. His date of birth is placed by the scholars between 1 AD and 6 AD. He was named after Saul, the first king of Israel. He came from a rich and powerful Jewish family and it is believed his father or his relatives obtained Roman citizenship and full civil rights of the city of Tarsus.
After Saint Barnabas found him in Tarsus and persuaded him to come to Antioch with him, Saint Paul made three great successive journeys which covered a big part of Anatolia and Greece. TOUR DETAILS AND RESERVE |
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