Paul's World and Mission
10-19 April 2012
A pilgrimage led by the Rev.
Charles Lippse
in Greece and Turkey to explore the cultural backgrounds
of the New Testament
$3,598
From New York
4 Day Elective
$1,195
Returning on 23 April
This pilgrimage will acquaint participants with the geographical and cultural settings of the New Testament. Additionally, since the pilgrimage will depart immediately after Western Easter you will be in Greece during Orthodox Holy Week and Easter. If you would like, you will be able to participate in the full range of Orthodox Holy Week and Easter observances and celebrations. The pilgrimage will begin in the north of Greece along the Via Ignatia where the Pauline cities of Philippi and Thessaloniki are located. We will examine Classical and Hellenistic influences on Paul and his churches. In the south of Greece, we will explore the archaeological testament of ancient Greece through extensive visits to the Acropolis, the Athenian and Roman agoras, Corinth and the Peloponnessus.
Registration
Form
A
biblical survey pilgrimage in Greece
(Just click the
link to open this pdf registration form , print a copy,
fill it out, sign it and mail it to S.B.S.)
Day 1 Depart USA
Day 2 Arrive Athens, transfer to flight for Thessaloniki, transfer to hotel for dinner, touring as time permits, introductions and orientation, overnight in Thessaloniki
Day 3 Pella (birthplace of Alexander the
Great) with museum, Thessaloniki city tour, Old City walls, Citadel, St. Demetrius
Church, Arch of Galerius (Acts 17: 4, 12), optional—Orthodox Maundy
Thursday service, overnight in Thessaloniki
Day 4 Thessaloniki, Via Ignatia, Philippi, Kavala/Neapolis (Acts 16: 9-33),
optional—Orthodox Good Friday service, overnight in Thessaloniki
Day 5 Transfer to airport, flight to Athens, driving tour of Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Erectheum, Mars Hill (Areopagus), optional—Orthodox Easter celebration, dinner on your own at a restaurant of your choice, overnight in Athens
Day 6 Free day (optional full day cruise to the Saronic Gulf islands of Hydra, Poros and Aegina; other options available), dinner on your own at a restaurant of your choice, overnight in Athens
Day 7 Agora excavations, Stoa museum, Temple
of Theseus, dinner on your own at a restaurant of your choice, overnight in
Athens
Day 8 drive to the Peloponnesian Peninsula via Corinthian Canal, & Cenchraea.
Visit archaeological excavations of Corinth, Museum, Acro-Corinth (time permitting),
overnight in Tolos
Day 9 Paleo Epidauros, Theatre, Asklepion, Propylaia, Museum, Nafplio, Palamidi Castle, dinner on your own at a restaurant of your choice, overnight in Tolos
Day 10 transfer to Venezelos Airport, return to USA, OR select from the elective below
Elective: John & Paul in Anatolia
Day 10 transfer to Izmir, touring as time
permits, overnight in Ayvalik
Day 11 Pergamum, the Acropolis, the Ascelpeion, the Red Hall, overnight in
Ayvalik
Day 12 Issa Bey Mosque, Selcuk Museum,
the Artemision, Polio Aqueduct, overnight in Kusadasi
Day 13 Ephesus: the State Agora, Curetes Street, Slope Houses—optional,
Library of Celsus, Marble Street, theatre. Arkadian Street, Church of Mary,
overnight in Kusadasi
Day 14 transfer to airport, return to USA
