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along the river, where we believed that prayer (Verghina) where is planned the visit of the roy-
was being made, and sitting we spoke to the al cemetery of the Macedonian dynasty and of
Following Saint Paul women gathered there. There was also a woman the Archeological Museum, where preserved
precious finds are found in the tombs. Proceed
named Lydia, a purple merchant, from the city of
8 days Tiira, a believer in God, who listened and the Lord toward Kalabaka. Accommodation is in a hotel,
opened her heart to adhere to Paul’s words. After dinner and overnight.
being baptized with her family, she invited us: “If
1st Day: Thessaloniki you have judged that I am faithful to the Lord, 6th Day: Meteora and Athens
Arrive at Thessaloniki’s Airport, meeting with come and live in my house.” Breakfast and depart to Meteora visit of the in-
your guide and a short orientation tour of the credible monasteries, rich with precious evidenc-
city. Transfer in a hotel, dinner and overnight. Lunch is not included. In the afternoon visit of Ka- es of the Byzantine Art, suspended between the
vala, which was known in the Roman and Hellen- metaphoric physicality of the sandstone cliffs and
2nd Day : Thessaloniki istic Age as Neapoli, it’s a city and a port in Mace- the mysticism of the blue skies.
Breakfast in a hotel. Entire day dedicated to a donia, full of history and in a picturesque natural Curiosity: among the monasteries we suggest
guided tour of Thessaloniki with the White Tow- context. Built on the remains of the previous Byz- you The Great Meteoron or The Monastery of
er, which was a prison in the XIX century, nowa- antine citadel and surrounded by well preserved the Transfiguration, on 613 meters height was
days it’s a Museum and a symbol and reference city walls with the fortress which dominates the founded by Saint Athanasios the Meteorite (1305 Business Proposals in Greece
point of the city. The Arch of Galerius, next to the port, Kavala is famous because the Apostle Paul, - 1380). The complex contains 4 churches: The
eastern city walls, was erected in 305 by the Em- after a vision that he had, he disembarked there Katholikon, a wonder of the Byzantine art, SS.
peror Galerius (305-311) for celebrating his victo- to bring “the good news”, for which the area is Constantine and Helena, Saint Athanasius e Saint
rious campaign against the Persians. The Rotun- considered the gateway of the Christianity in the John the Baptist. There you can find a museum,
da, a cylindrical shaped building dating back to West. ancient tower equipped with winch, an oven and
the IV century AD had the function of a Pantheon Curiosity: the passage of Saint Paul in this town some cells.
or Mausoleum of the Emperor Galerius. Nowa- on the rout of Philippi has generated a liter- Lunch is not included. In the afternoon depart to
days it houses the Church of Saint George with ary quote adopted by Plutarch to Shakespeare: Athens, traversing the Thessalian plain, known
its extraordinary mosaics. The suggestive Piazza “We will meet again in Philippi”. A street mosaic for the cotton fields. Passing through the Ther-
Aristotelous, with buildings which architecture which is preserved here tells about the passage mopylae Theater of the homonymous battle and
was inspired by European and Colonial models, of Saint Paul in this commune in the periphery of the thermal locality Kammena Vourla we will get
coffee bars and stores. Lunch is not included. Din- Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. to Athens. Accommodation is in a hotel, dinner
ner and overnight are in a hotel. Return to Thessaloniki, dinner and overnight. and overnight.

3rd Day: Mount Athos 5th Day: Pella e Kalabaka 7th Day: Athens
Breakfast and depart for Ouranoupolis, where Breakfast and depart for the visit of Pella, the an- Breakfast and depart for the guided tour of Ath-
we embark for a cruise around Mount Athos. On- cient capital of the Reign Macedonia, where we ens, the Acropolis and its Museum. Panoramic
board we will admire the steep cliffs and the Byz- will visit the archeological site. Proceed towards tour of the city in bus: Syntagma Square, the
antine monasteries. The Mount Athos is a place Veria (the ancient Berea) where Saint Paul took Parliament, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
out of time where are allowed and live only men refuge after leaving Thessaloniki. A monument, The National Library, Omonia Square, The Arch
(the women are not allowed). It’s a Monastic Re- the Podium of Saint Paul recalls the vision of the of Hadrian.
public, which is administrated by The Ecumenical saint that led him to sail from Troas to Macedo- Curiosity: According to some historical recon-
Patriarchate of Constantinople. This is a strip of nia. structions, Saint Paul disembarked at the Port of
land that is a part of the European Community Acts of the Apostles, chap. 17: Phaleron, much smaller from the one of Piraeus,
but is also exempt from most of its treaties. [10] But the brothers immediately, during the where in general the great warships docked.
Curiosity: The entry ban of women in the Re- night, sent Paolo and Sila to Berea. Once there Lunch is not included. In the afternoon we have
public dates back to 1046 with a decree promul- they entered the synagogue of the Jews. [11] an excursion to Corinth.
gated by the Byzantine Emperor which is still in These were of more noble sentiments than those Curiosity: During his second missionary trip, the
force despite the numerous requests for repeal. of Thessalonica and they welcomed the word Apostle Paul around 50 AD from Athens gets to
Through the time numerous women have chal- with great enthusiasm, examining the scriptures Corinth. During his stay which lasted 18 months
lenged the ban by dressing as men, such as the daily to see if this was really the case. [12] Many he worked as curtain manufacturer and preached
French psychoanalyst and writer Maryse Choisy of them believed and also some Greek women every Saturday at the Synagogue, converting
who in the ‘20s spent a month on the sacred of the nobility and not a few men. [13] But when many people. Paolo addressed two letters to the
mountain. She wrote a book “Un mois chez les the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word Corinthian, the first while he was staying in Ephe-
Hommes” (A Month With the Guys) in 1929.In of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea, sus (55 AD) and the other from Macedonia (57
1930 Aliki Diplarakou, who was the first Greek they also went there to agitate and stir up the AD).
woman to win the title Miss Europe dressed as a people. [14] Then the brothers immediately sent Return to Athens, dinner and overnight.
men and violated the ban. Her story was made Paul away on the road to the sea, while Silas and
famous by The Time in 1953, with an article enti- Timothy remained in the city. 8th Day: Return
tled “The climax of sin”. Breakfast is in the hotel. Transfer to the airport.
Lunch is not included. In the afternoon return to Lunch is not included. Proceed towards Vergina
Thessaloniki, dinner and overnight are in a hotel.
4th Day: Philippi and Kavala
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to Philippi, an important archeological site of the
eastern Macedonia, founded by Philip II of Mac-
edon with the aim of making it a mining center.
Here Saint Paul has established the first Christian
Church in Europe (49-50 AD). In The Acts of the
Apostles we find in the verse 16, 11 some passag-
es that tell about the places we are passing

Setting sail from Troade, we sailed to Samothrace
and the next day to Neapoli and from there to
Philippi, a Roman colony and a city in the first dis-
trict of Macedonia. We stayed in this city for a
few days; on Saturdays we went out of the gate Meteore - Meteora
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