{"id":26,"date":"2016-08-22T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T13:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pilgrimagetoturkey.com\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2016-08-25T11:51:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T08:51:28","slug":"the-steps-of-st-paul-and-the-living-past","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimagetoturkey.com\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"The Steps of St. Paul and The Living Past"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Steps of St. Paul and The Living Past<\/strong><\/p>\n

The missionary journeys of St. Paul,\u00a0the first Christian communities, Ecumenical councils and ancient civilizations. We will see and experience the cultural richness\u00a0of Turkey and how the spread of Christianity began, how Christianity became the religion of the state from an illegal sect in East Roman (Byzantine) Empire.<\/p>\n

Day 1\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Istanbul Arrival
\n<\/strong>Arrival at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. You will be met and transferred to your hotel. After check in, free time. Dinner and Overnight. (D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Istanbul Full Day City Tour
\n<\/strong>Following the breakfast we drive to Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar)<\/strong> where you\u00a0can smell of different aromas of various spices.<\/p>\n

Then we will get in the ferry to have Bosphorus Cruise<\/strong>,\u00a0through the waterway\u00a0separating the two continents, Asia and Europe, with a possibility to take\u00a0photographs of marble palaces, ancient wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residentials and luxurious apartments.After lunch in a seafood\u00a0restaurant, we will drive Chora Church <\/strong>Museum (The Church of Holy Savior)<\/strong>\u00a0to see breathtaking frescoes and mosaics from 14th century. The church is a\u00a0remarkable example of Byzantine art. Dinner and overnight. (B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Istanbul – Ankara – Cappadocia
\n<\/strong>We will take the early flight to Ankara, The Capital of Republicof Turkey. We will visit Ataturk’s<\/strong> Mausoleum<\/strong>,founder of theRepublic of Turkey.<\/p>\n

Further on we will drive and come to Cappadocia<\/strong> and seefascinating commonly called “Fairy Chimneys<\/strong>” that are jutting pieces of volcanic rocksthat have been beatenand shaped by the wind and rain. The Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia are a striking example of how geography and human habitation have worked together, and how geography has influenced people\u2019s imaginations.\u00a0 A fascinating place. Dinner at hotel and overnight. (B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 4\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cappadocia \u2013 Goreme Valley \u2013 Avanos Village \u2013 Uchisar Fortress <\/b>
\n<\/strong>Right after breakfast, we will drive to Town of Goreme and then we will visit The Goreme open air museum.
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\nThe Goreme Open \u2013 Air Museum<\/strong>, a monastic complex of rock churches and chapels covered with\u00a0frescoes, is one of the best-known sites in central Turkey. Most of the chapels date from the 10th to the 13th centuries. After having a pottery exhibition in Avanos<\/strong> village<\/strong> we will drive to Uchisar<\/strong>, which is one of the most beautiful valleys in Cappadocia Area. For those who climb the steps to the top of the Uchisar Fortress<\/strong> the whole region unfolds below.\u00a0Dinner at hotel and overnight. (B,L,D)
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\nDay 5\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cappadocia \u2013 Derinkuyu Underground City – Adana<\/b>
\n<\/strong>After breakfast we will visit Derinkuyu Underground City. The Underground city of Derinkuyu near Nevsehir was used as an early Christian center, housed several thousand Christians hiding from their Roman and Byzantine persecutors in the 7th and 8th centuries.<\/p>\n

They extend downward in the earth for at least 8 floors in a maze of tunnels,\u00a0rooms, kitchens, wine cellars, stables, sleeping chambers and passageways.\u00a0A huge chimney ventilates this 8-levelled dwelling and rooms and were easily defended by blocking the entrance with large rocks. Today\u00a0it is very well lit. So far 36 underground cities are known in Cappadocia area. We will keep driving and reach Adana. Dinner at hotel and overnight. (B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 6 Antioch (Antakya) – Daphne – Seleucia Pierias<\/b>
\n<\/strong>After breakfast we will see Antioch, Biblical \u201cAntioch on the Orontes\u201d, Daphne and Seleucia Pieria.<\/p>\n

In Antioch, first to preach here was St. Peter followed by St. Paul and Barnabas whose extensive efforts proved to be very fruitful for Christianity. St. Peter was the first to establish a church inAntioch<\/strong>; this beliefis based on the references in Acts 9:32 and in Galatians 2:11.\u00a0Incidentally, the word Christians was<\/strong>first coined<\/strong> in Antioch. ‘It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians”. (Acts 11:26).\u00a0 Antioch served as the home base for St. Peter<\/strong>, St. <\/strong>Paul<\/strong> and Barnabas<\/strong>; shortly it became the third most important bishopric ( after Jerusalem and Rome ) in the developing church.<\/p>\n

When the Emperor Julian the Apostate<\/strong> wanted to worship here in AD 363 he found that Daphne was the Antiochene Christian cemetery.<\/p>\n

Then we will go to to Seleucia Pieria<\/strong> that is mentioned in the New Testament only as the port from which St. Paul and Barnabas set sail for Cyprus on their first missionary journey. (Acts 13:4) Highlights include the museum which houses a superb collection of mosaics from Antioch<\/strong>, Daphne and Seleucia Pieria and St. Peter’s Grotto<\/strong>, the first Christian church where early Christians of Antioch met in\u00a0secretly. Dinner at hotel and overnight. (B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 7 Antioch (Antakya) \u2013 Tarsus \u2013 Derbe – Iconium (Konya)
\n<\/b>We will drive straight to Tarsus, the birth place of St. Paul<\/strong>. St.Paul was born a\u00a0Jew of the tribe of Benjamin in Tarsus about AD 10 and spent his early years here.\u00a0His father was a Roman citizen; St. Paul inherited that citizenship and its rights. (Acts 21:39 ) Then he was sent to Jerusalem to study. During St. Paul’s time\u00a0Tarsus was a university city surpassing Athens and Alexandria and the romantic\u00a0meeting between Cleopatra and Mark Anthony took place in Tarsus. Highlights\u00a0here will be The Church of St. Paul<\/strong>, St. Paul’s well<\/strong> and Cleopatra’s Gate<\/strong>.\u00a0Numerous people believe that the water from St. Paul\u2019s well has healing properties.<\/p>\n

Then we will drive to Biblical Derbe. St. Paul and Barnabas went from Lystra to\u00a0Derbe after St.Paul had recovered from being stoned. St. Paul and Barnabas both\u00a0spoke to people in Derbe and many people became Christian (Acts 14:21); their\u00a0ties with the people there continued strong enough that St. Paul returned a year or\u00a0so later. Then we will drive to to Iconium<\/strong> (Konya).\u00a0Dinner at hotel and overnight. (B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 8\u00a0Konya \u2013 Lystra – Psidian Antioch ( Yalvac) – Antalya
\n<\/strong>After a short visit of Konya known as\u00a0 the city of whirling dervishes, we willdrive to Lystra. When St. Paul and Barnabas reached Lystra a miraclehappened. St. Paul noticed in the group gatheredto listen him a lameman whose bearing impressed him.Some extraordinary strength passed\u00a0 fromSt. Paul to the man who thereupon was cured.\u00a0 The miraclecaused a commotion in the crowd thatthe strangers had supernatural powers, that they were gods. St.Pauland Barnabas acted promptly by denying the identification, stating their Christian beliefs. The crowd became a mob, stoning St.Paul. He was saved only by his friends forming a circle around him. (Acts 14:8-20)<\/p>\n

When St. Paul was in Lystra on his second missionary journey (Acts 16:1-3) he met a young disciple named Timothy. Timothy was well regarded by the church in Lystra and became a close friend of St. Paul. Then we willcarry on to Psidian\u00a0 Antioch (Yalvac) where St. Paul and Barnabas visited on their first missionary journey. During St. Paul’s\u00a0 time the population was a mixture of Jews, Romans and Greeks.<\/p>\n

On his first missionary journey St. Paul went to the synagogue on the Sabbath (the Jewish day of worship), and St. Paul was asked to speak to\u00a0 the congregation. In the Bible this is\u00a0 St. Paul\u2019s first recorded sermon<\/b>. What St. Paul said about Christianity so interested his listeners that he had an overflow audience the next week. The members of the synagogue took violent exception to what St.Paul was doing\u00a0(Acts 13:14-52).<\/p>\n

Very little is left of Psidian Antioch today.\u00a0 There is the propylaea of the acropolis with a number of carved stones and the\u00a0 remains of a Byzantine church.\u00a0 We pass by Egirdir Lake and arrive in Antalya for dinner and overnight.(B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 9\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Perge\u2013Side\u2013Manavgat Waterfalls- Antalya Half Day City Tour
\n<\/strong>Ruins of Perge are 18 kms to the northeast of Antalya. Perge is one of the cities that St.Paul visited with Barnabas and his cousin\u00a0John Mark on their first missionary journey in about AD 47 or 48 ( Acts 13:13, 14:25 ). \u00a0It was Perge that John Mark left the others to\u00a0return Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

John Mark did not accompany St. Paul on the\u00a0second missionary journey; instead he and Barnabas went together to Cyprus while St.Paul\u00a0went with Silas into Anatolia (Acts 15:63-41 ).<\/p>\n

Perhaps St. Paul and John Mark were reconciled later for St.Paul includes greetings from a Mark to Philemon ( Philem. 24 ). Highlights are, the Gymnasium, the Bath, the\u00a0Agora, the Theater, the Stadium and the\u00a0Hellenistic Gate<\/p>\n

After we finish our visit in Perge, we will continuo to Side. Side was an important port on the Mediterranean from the\u00a0time it was founded about the 6th century BC until the 7th\u00a0century. Roman engineers brought Side\u2019s water through\u00a0tunnels and an aqueduct from about 30 km inland. Today’s Side is built exactly on top of the ancient city.<\/p>\n

We will have lunch and see Manavgat waterfalls<\/strong>. Then we will drive back to Antalya. Antalya <\/strong>located in the region called Pamphylia, was\u00a0founded by Attalus II, King of Pergamum in the 2nd\u00a0century BC. St. Paul sailed from Antalya about AD 48\u00a0on his return to Antioch after his first missionary\u00a0journey. Dinner and overnight in Antalya. (B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 10 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Antalya \u2013 Laodicea Ad Lycum \u2013 Hierapolis – Pamukkale <\/strong>
\nAfter breakfast we leave our hotel and drive to Hierapolis<\/strong> but before we get here we stop at Laodicea Ad Lycum<\/strong>. The site of one of the<\/strong> Seven Churches<\/strong> addressed by St.John in the Book of Revelation (Rev. 3:14-22), Laodicea is on a low hill on the south bank of the Lycus River (Curuksu). As a commercial center, it had a large Jewish community. For St.John in Revelation, the Christians of Laodicea were neither hot nor cold and because of theirindifference he wanted to spew them out of his mouth. \u201c I know all your ways, you are neither hot or cold. How I wish you were either hot or cold. Because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth\u201d\u00a0\u00a0( Revelation 3:15-17 )<\/p>\n

St.John promised in \u201cthe words of the Amen\u201d \u00a0(Revelation 3:14) that for those who were sensitive enough to hear and\u00a0 respond to what was being said, the Spirit would join them in the great feast. \u201cHere I stand knocking at the door; if anyone hears my\u00a0 voice and opens the door, I will come in and sit down to\u00a0 supper with him and he with me\u201c (Revelation 3:20)<\/p>\n

Then we will drive to Pamukkale (The Cotten Castle of white travertine terraces), and Hierapolis ancient city where St. Philip was martyred. Recently Italian archeologists have discovered his Martyrium, an octagonal chamber forming a double cross surrounded by a square. St. Philip lived here after the Apostles scattered from Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

Hierapolis is listed in the New Testament along with Laodicea as the center of Epaphras\u2019s work (Colossians 4:13). Dinner and overnight at Pamukkale. (B,L,D)
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\nDay 11 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Pamukkale \u2013 Aphrodisias \u2013 Miletus – Kusadasi
\n<\/strong>Drive to the archeological site of Aphrodisias<\/strong>, the Greco-Roman city dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite. Then continue to Miletus<\/strong>. As a most important city in on the Aegean coast, by the 5th century Miletus had developed a system of writing that the people of Athens adopted. This then became the standard Greek Alphabet. It was the birthplace of several philosophers, among them Thales ( who predicted the eclipse of the sun in 585 BC ), Hippodamus (who organized towns on a grid of crossing streets), and Anaximander ( who invented the sun dial ).<\/p>\n

St.Paul visited Miletus in the spring \u00a0AD 57 as he completed his third \u00a0journey. (Acts 20:15-38 ).\u00a0 For St. Paul and for his listeners, \u00a0many of whom had come from Ephesus, it was an emotional visit. \u00a0Here he said \u201dfor myself I set no \u00a0story by life, I only want to finish\u00a0the race and complete the task\u00a0which the Lord assigned to me”.<\/p>\n

St.Paul was in a hurry to get to\u00a0Jerusalem before Pentecost. Two\u00a0stone lions that guarded the\u00a0entrance to the harbor had been in \u00a0<\/i>place for over 2 hundred years when St.Paul took leave of his friends and boarded his ship. The harbor is gone, but the lions are there today. After visit, continue to Kusadasi for overnight. (B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 12 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kusadasi\u2013Basilica of St. John-Ephesus-House of Virgin Mary<\/strong>
\nThis morning we will stop by the Basilica of St. John<\/strong>\u00a0“The Evangelist”<\/strong> who came here with Virgin Mary andwrote his Gospel in Ephesus. Then we will carry on to Ephesus<\/strong> ancient city.People visiting Ephesus today can visualize the city when it was the capital of theprovince.<\/p>\n

St.Paul preached and taught in Ephesus for over 2\u00a0years.\u00a0During that time he sent Timothy<\/strong> and Erastus<\/strong>toMacedonia to continue the missionary work there.\u00a0The\u00a0names of several other earlyChristians are recorded asresidents of Ephesus. Among them are the eloquent <\/strong>\u00a0Apollos<\/strong> withwhom St. Paul associated himself, sayingthat he planted, that Apollos watered, but that God gave the growth (I Cor.3:6 )<\/p>\n

A couple, Priscilla and Aquilla<\/strong>, established a house church in Ephesus ( I Cor. 16:19 ). The daughters of the Apostle Philip lived in Ephesus. A small stone building high up on the west\u00a0corner of the city wall is pointed out as\u00a0St. Paul\u2019s Prison<\/strong>.\u00a0 He wrote the letter to the Ephesians\u00a0from this place.<\/p>\n

In Ephesus highlights include Double Church <\/strong>where in 431 the Third Ecumenical Council<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>was held, the Library of Celcius<\/strong>, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan and the Theater<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>for many Christians the best-known building in Ephesus where a 1st century AD silversmith\u00a0attempted to stir up a riot to get rid of St. Paul who was damaging his business of making images\u00a0of Artemis.<\/p>\n

About 3 miles away in the forested mountain above Ephesus is House of Virgin Mary<\/strong>. Today it\u00a0is visited by pilgrims from all over the world. It is a modest stone house. St John<\/strong> brought Virgin\u00a0Mary\u00a0to Ephesus in keeping with Jesus\u2019s admonition to him to care for his mother. (John 19:27)<\/p>\n

House of Virgin Mary, is now visited by over a hundred thousand pilgrims each year. The pilgrims\u00a0come to drink the waters of the sacred spring, to mediate, to pray for health, and to breathe the \u00a0atmosphere of if. You will be able to collect some holly water from the Sacred Spring<\/strong>. Both Pope Paul VI in 1967 and Pope John Paul II in 1979 have celebrated mass here. Many\u00a0people congregate at this sanctuary every August\u00a015 to observe the Feast of the Assumption <\/strong>\u00a0of the Virgin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It was first identified in 1818 by an Austrian peasant Anne Catherine Emmerich, who saw it in adream exactly as it was found. The setting is beautifully peaceful,encouring reverence\u00a0andcontemplation. Dinner and overnight inKusadasi. (B,L,D)
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\nDay 13 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Philadelphia \u2013 Sardis \u2013 Izmir (Smyrna)
\n<\/strong>After breakfast departure from hotel and drive to Philadelphia<\/strong>.During Byzantine times Philadelphia was the seat of a Christian\u00a0bishopric. Its significance in Christian history was\u00a0because it congregations addressed by St.John\u00a0in the Book of Revelation (Rev. 3:7-13).\u00a0Although\u00a0one of the Seven Churches, Philadelphia was\u00a0the least distinguished; it was the only one about \u00a0which St. John had no real criticism. He\u00a0characterized it as having been given an open\u00a0door. He told the Christians not to leave anyone\u00a0take away their crowns and promised that those\u00a0who were victorious would become pillars in God\u2019s\u00a0temple.\u00a0\u201cHold fast to what you have, and let no one rob you of your crown\u201d (Revelation 3:11).
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\n<\/strong>Then we will drive to Sardis<\/strong>, whose history dates\u00a0back to 12th century BC, was the capital of the \u00a0ancient Kingdom of Lydia. In the book of Revelation\u00a0(Rev. 3:1-6), St.John stated that Sardis needed to \u00a0wake up.\u00a0He complained that their acts did not live\u00a0up to their reputation, that they did not finish what \u00a0they started. But he\u00a0 held out the hope those who were not polluted that they should have robes of \u00a0white (Revelation 3:5). White was the color then of \u00a0righteousness and \u00a0immortality.<\/p>\n

Then we will drive to Izmir ( Smyrna<\/strong> ) which was one of the Seven Church in St.John\u2019s Book of \u00a0Revelation ( Rev. 2:8-11 ) as the place of the synagogue of Satan. St. John tells the Christians that they are about to suffer for their faith, but\u00a0 also says that those who are faithful unto death will gain a crown of life. Dinner and overnight in Izmir.(B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 14 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Izmir – Thyateria \u2013 Pergamum – Ayvalik<\/b>
\nAfter breakfast we will drive to Thyatira<\/strong>\u00a0 which is a small modern city today. The old Thyatira, the site of one of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor<\/strong>. (Rev. 2:18-29). St. John\u2019s criticism of Thyatira in Revelation was related to the prophetess Jezebel. Whether she was\u00a0 a real woman of that name or whether he intended her as a symbol of licentiousness, St. John saw the challenge to Christianity which Thyatira represented as a moral decay among the members. To those who refused to compromise with their ideals he promised \u201c the star of dawn\u201d and \u201c authority over the nations\u201d.<\/p>\n

About forty years previous to the time that St. John wrote those words to the congregation in Thyatira, St. Paul had met one of the merchants from there when he arrived in Philippi. This was on his second Journey. The merchant was Lydia<\/strong>, a woman dealing in expensive purple cloth. Under St. Paul\u2019s influence she and her whole household became baptized Christians. Lydia she insisted that St. Paul and his companions Timothy<\/strong> and St. Luke<\/strong> should stay in her house in Philippi ( Acts 16:13-15 ). By the end of the 1st century here must have been a sizable Christian community for St. John to have chosen it as one of his seven churches.<\/p>\n

Pergamum<\/strong>\u2019s place in religious history is largely because of the paragraph addressed to its Christian believers by St. John in the Book of Revelation (Rev. 2:12-17 ). He characterized Pergamum as the place where Satan was\u00a0enthroned.(Revelation 2:13).<\/p>\n

St.John saw a group he called the Nicolatinas as an additional threat to the believers. Who these people were is not clearly known. (Revelation 2:14-15) St.John condemned them for\u00a0adultery and for eating food that had been sacrificed to pagan gods. St. John also promised a white stone and hidden manna to those who repented of their false beliefs and immoral behavior\u00a0(Revelation 2:16-17).\u00a0Drive to Ayvalik for dinner and overnight. (B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 15 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ayvalik \u2013 <\/b>Alexandria Troas – Assos \u2013 Troy – Canakkale
\n<\/b>We leave our hotel and proceed to Alexandria Troas The City’s importance in religious history comes from the visits by St. Paul on his missionary journeys. On his second Journey St. Paul had wanted to go north into ithynia, but instead he and his companion Timothy were deflected to the Aegean Coast. In the night a Macedonian appeared to St. Paul asking him Come over to Macedonia and help us”. This is noted as the inspiration and beginning of the spread of Christianity in to Europe (Acts 16 : 7,12).<\/span><\/p>\n

St.Paul was in Alexandria Troas again for a week as he returned from Macedonia on his third journey.\u00a0Eutychus<\/strong>, one of his young listeners, was sitting in a window, perhaps to get some fresh air because there were a lot of lambs burning. Around midnight he went to sleep in the stuffy room and fell out, landing on the ground. St.Paul ran down, examined him, looked at him and said: \u201c Stop this commotion, there is still life in him \u201c\u00a0(Acts 20:10). The incident was only a brief interruption in the discussion that continued until after sunrise.<\/p>\n

Assos<\/strong> was a stop-over for St. Paul. Arriving at Assos on foot from Alexandria Troas, St.Paul preached here and climbed down to the little port on the shore to board the boat on his return journey to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

Then we will drive and reach Troy<\/strong>. Troy is the home of legend.Homer immortalized Troy and Trojan Horse in his stories of KingPriam, Hector, Paris, and thebeautiful Helen. Archeological\u00a0excavations have revealed nineseparate periods of settlement including ruins of city walls, house\u00a0foundations, a temple and a theatre. Dinner and overnightin Canakkale. (B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>Day 16 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Canakkale – Istanbul Half Day \u201cOld City\u201d Tour
\n<\/strong>Following the breakfast we drive to Istanbul. We will be traveling\u00a0through scenic countryside. After lunch we willhave ‘Old City’<\/strong> tour in Istanbul.<\/p>\n

We will stop by the Hippodrome<\/strong> beforeproceeding to the Blue Mosque<\/strong>, so called because of the impressive Iznik ( Nicea) blue tileslining its walls. Then we will go into the St. Sophia Church Museum<\/strong>. Dinner and overnight in Istanbul. (B,L,D)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 17 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Istanbul Departure
\n<\/b>Free till transfer to the airport. (B)<\/p>\n

For specifically interested parties, the program may include one day\u00a0visit to Patmos Island (Greece) where St. John wrote the book of Revelation.<\/strong><\/span><\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Steps of St. Paul and The Living Past The missionary journeys of St. Paul,\u00a0the first Christian communities, Ecumenical councils and ancient civilizations. We will see and experience the cultural...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimagetoturkey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimagetoturkey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimagetoturkey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimagetoturkey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimagetoturkey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimagetoturkey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4088,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimagetoturkey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/4088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimagetoturkey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}