Saturday (Day 1)
Arrival in Thessaloniki
You will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel for dinner and a relaxing evening.

Sunday (Day 2)
Thessaloniki (Acts 17:1-13)
Paul wrote his two Epistles to Thessalonians, contained in the New Testament, to the first Christians of this city. Here you will visit the Roman Agora (Forum), the Archaeological Museum and the Basilica of Saint Demetrios. You will also see the White Tower, the statue of Alexander the Great and the remains of the Palace complex of Galerius (Late 3rd century AD). The Arch of Galerius and Rotonda was later converted to the Church of Saint George. You will also see the City Walls and the Great Gate, which connects the city with Via Egnatia (Via Egnatia was the trans-continental east-west road of the Roman Empire built on the 2nd century BC). Thessaloniki was for many centuries a city with a sizable Jewish community up until the Second World War.
Dinner and overnight stay in Thessaloniki.

Monday (Day 3) ....................................... back to top
A day's trip to Philippi and Neapolis (Kavala).
In Philippi (Acts 16:12-40; 20:6) Paul preached his evangelistic sermon to women who had gathered at the river. You will visit the river where Paul baptized Lydia, a purple fabric merchant, who became the first Christian woman to be baptized on European soil (Acts 16:14, 15, 40). You will also see a crypt, dating from the Roman period, which is thought, according to the Church's tradition, to have been the place where Paul was flogged and imprisoned. Also at Philippi you will see, the ancient Roman Agora (Forum) built during the time of Augustus and mentioned in the Book of Acts as the place where Paul was publicly punished after he released the possessed girl (Acts 16:19). You will also see the Basilicas and the Greek Theatre (4th century BC), which was converted into an arena by the Romans and used during the persecutions of the early Christian Church. Paul's letter to Philippians is addressed to the first Christians of this city, 14 years after his first visit there.
You will also see Neapolis (present day Kavalla), Greece's most picturesque mainland port. Paul landed in this city (Acts 16:11) with his disciples Timothy (Acts 16:1-3; 17:14-15; 18:5; 20:4, 5) and Silas (Acts 15:22-35, 40, 41; 16:25-40; 17:4, 14, 15) . Here you will see the Roman style Ottoman Aqueduct and the Citadel. On the way back to Thessaloniki you will see the remains of ancient Via Egnatia. You will pass by the ancient cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia, which are mentioned in the Book of Acts (Acts 17:1).
Return to Thessaloniki for dinner and overnight stay in the city.

Tuesday (Day 4)  ..................................... back to top
Veria , Vergina and Athens
We travel to Veria (ancient Berea) where Paul during his visit preached to the Jewish synagogue of the city and to the Greek nobility who readily accepted the new faith (Acts 17:10-15). In this city there is  a monument dedicated to Apostle Paul. In Veria you will see the Jewish quarter where the synagogue is still situated today. We continue our trip to the recently discovered archaeological site of Vergina, the old capitol of the Macedonian Kingdom (5th to 2nd centuries BC). There you will visit the grave of Philip the 2nd, the father of Alexander the Great, which was found intact. From there we continue our trip to Athens for dinner and overnight stay. 

Wednesday (Day 5) ..................................back to top
Athens (Acts 17:15-34)
The architectural splendors of this ancient city are as magical as ever. You will visit the world-renown Acropolis. Special emphasis will be on the visit to the Areopagus (Mars Hill) where Paul's speech to the Athenian philosophers is engraved in its entirety (Acts 17:18-34). You will also visit, in the same area, the Ancient Agora (Forum), where Paul met the Philosophers, the Stoa of Attalus and the Temple of Hephaestus. You will also visit Pnyx where the meanings of Democracy, City Assembly (Ecclesia) and Reasoning (Logos) were first conceived and practiced. Many of the terms used in the Athenian Democracy were incorporated in the Church's terminology. (Ecclesia, Logos). Dinner and overnight stay in Athens.

Thursday (Day 6)  .....................................back to top
Corinth (Acts 18:1-18)
Corinth is the city where Paul stayed for one and a half years, during his first visit, the longest he stayed in any of the cities he visited except Ephesos. Paul wrote at least two letters addressed to the Church of Corinth and while he lived there he wrote three and possibly four letters addressed to the first Christians in Rome, Thessaloniki and Galatia. You will visit the Archaeological museum, the Ancient Agora (Forum) and the Bema where Paul stood in Front of Gallio (Acts 18:12-17), the Roman Pro-Consul of Achaea. Near the ancient Theater of Corinth you will see the inscription of Erastus (Acts 19:22; Romans 16:23; 2 Timothy 4:20), the Treasurer of the city, mentioned in Paul's Letter to Romans. You will also visit the Temple of Apollo and the hill of Acrocorinth, where during the time of Classical Greece used to be the famous Temple of Aphrodite.
Return to Athens for dinner and overnight stay

Friday (Day 7) ..........................................back to top
Departure from the Athens International Airport.