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BIBLICAL
AND RELIGIOUS TOURS OF TURKEY |
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NEW!
MOSAIC OF RELIGIONS - THE GOLDEN HORN
(FULL DAY PRIVATE TOUR IN ISTANBUL)
For hundreds of years different religious
groups have lived side by side in harmony in
Turkey. This tour will take you on a
comparative journey through the historic
neighborhoods along the Golden Horn in
Istanbul that have played a key role in
different religious communities throughout the
centuries.
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CHRISTIAN
HERITAGE - OLD ZEYREK AND CHURCHES
(FULL
DAY PRIVATE TOUR IN ISTANBUL)
Istanbul
is rich with Christian history and has many
interesting Christian Heritage sites.
This tour travels through the old neighborhood
of Zeyrek visiting churches dating back to the
Byzantine period, when Istanbul was the center
of Christianity.
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ANATOLIA DURING THE TIME OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
Few people realize that approximately 60% of the
place names mentioned in the Bible are in Turkey.
According to the Old Testament, Noah's children
and the animals he saved in the ark began the
repopulation of the Earth from Mt. Ararat in
eastern Turkey. Abraham's call to greatness came
in Harran, in southeast Turkey. This city was
called Ur of the Chaldeans. Archaeologists have
found that the Hittites, Urartians, Assyrians,
Phrygians, Cimmerians, Lydians and many other
nations who were important to the Old Testament
once lived here. King Tiglath-Pileser III of
Assyria, conquered both Israel and Urartu. The
people of the Bible have left records of their
activities in Anatolia that span the ages from
Noah to St. Paul. Here also in Anatolia rise the
two rivers that bounded Eden. Lake Hazar south of
Elazig in the Taurus mountain range is the source
of the Tigris. The Euphrates comes from the snows
and rains that fall on the mountains in eastern
Turkey.
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The Seven Churches of the Revelation
EPHESUS: Revelation 1:11, 2:1-7;
Acts 18, 19-28; 19:1-41 Ephesians
SMYRNA (IZMIR): Revelation 2:8-11
PERGAMON: Revelation 2:12-17
THYATIRA: Revelation 2:18-29; Acts16:14
SARDIS: Revelation 3:1-6
PHILADELPHIA: Revelation 3:7-13
LAODICEA: Revelation 3:14-22;
Colossians 2:1,4:13 -16
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ANATOLIA DURING THE TIME OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Up until the unification of the greater part
of Asia Minor under the Roman Empire, its
history had been one of a succession of small
states. Roman control began in 190 B.C. when
the Seleucid ruler Antiochus the Great was
defeated at Magnesia, and spread in 133 B.C.
when the first Roman province of Asia was
organized in the region near Ephesus. Bithynia,
Pontus and Cilicia then came under Roman rule.
Shortly before the Christian era, Galata and
Cappadocia fell under Roman influence. It was
in Antioch; today's Antakya in southern Turkey
that the disciples were first called "Christians"
(Acts 11:26). The destruction and plunder of
Jerusalem in 70 A.D. by the Romans under Titus
was followed by a great emigration, conducive
to the spread of Christianity in all
directions. The first Christian community came
to encompass the Mediterranean area from Syria
to Spain. Paul and his writings were very
important in the spread of Christianity and
the blending of Hebrew and Near Eastern
thought. The period of the early development
of Christianity was one of peace and stability
but after the re-organization of the Roman
Empire by Diocletian in 297 A.D. the area was
again split into small political units.
Christianity provided a common language and
religion.
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