Friday, 26 September 2025 Depart Atlanta for Athens
Saturday, 27 September 2025 Arrive in Athens, where you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Sunday, 28 September 2025 In the morning, admire the architectural miracles of ancient Athens, as you follow your guide to the world renown Acropolis, to see the Propylea, the Erectheum and the Parthenon. Visit Mars Hill, where Paul delivered his ingenious speech on the “Unknown God”. View the Agora, the ancient center of the economic and public life of the city, where Paul preached to the skeptical Athenians. During the bus tour, you see Constitution Square with the House of Parliament and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Temple of Zeus, the Old Olympic Stadium and the Neoclassical Buildings of Athens. Afterwards you will travel to Ancient Corinth. This is the once glorious city near the Isthmus, where Paul met Aquilla and Priscilla and spent a year and a half working and preaching the Gospel. You visit the Archaeological Museum, the Forum, the Temples and the famous Bema, where Paul stood before Gallio accused by the Jews of Corinth. Then, you drive to Cenchreae, the little harbour Paul sailed back to Asia from, thus ending his second missionary journey. Back to Athens for dinner in Plaka and overnight at the hotel.
Monday, 29 September 2025 Your journey in the mainland of Greece begins with the drive from Athens to Thessaloniki. On the way, you view the famous Thermopylae Pass, the beautiful Valley of Tembi, the legendary mountain Olympus and the Byzantine Castle of Platamonas. You arrive at Veria, where you visit the Bema of the apostle Paul. Continue to Thessaloniki, dinner and overnight.
Tuesday, 30 September 2025 Follow the route of the Via Egnatia and visit, like Paul and his companion, the area of Amphipolis, to see the famous funerary Lion of Amphipolis, and the site of Philippi. There, you visit the Baptistery of Lydia near the river, where Paul baptized Lydia. She was the first convert of Paul on European soil and the jailer followed. Also, visit the ruins of the Forum of Philippi, the Christian Basilicas, “Prison of Paul” and the Theater. Drive to Kavala (Neapolis), a picturesque port and see the Byzantine Castle and the Roman Aqueduct. Return to Thessaloniki for dinner and overnight.
Wednesday, 1 October 2025 In the morning, drive in Thessaloniki to see the landmark of the city, the White Tower, the Walls of the Byzantine Acropolis, the Roman Arch of Galerius and the Rotonda. Visit two of the city’s oldest and most admired Christian churches, the Basilicas of St. Demetrius and St. Sophia (Divine Wisdom). Continue to Kalambaka, where you visit one of the amazing Byzantine monasteries of Meteora, perched on top of gigantic rock pinnacles. Dinner and overnight in Kalambaka.
Thursday, 2 October 2025 Travel to scenic Delphi, one of the most beautiful places on the face of the earth, which in antiquity was believed to be the “navel” (omphalos) of the world. Walk on the Sacred Way to see the Athenian Treasury, the Temple of Apollo, where the oracle delivered her ambiguous prophecies and the Theater. Also, visit the Museum with its splendid collection of ancient works of art, including the Sphinx of the Naxians, the Silver Bull, the Column of the Dancers, the “Omphalos” and the pride of the museum, the 5th c. B.C. bronze “Charioteer”. Continue to Athens for dinner and overnight.
Friday, 3 October 2025 This morning you will board the ship and sail to the world-famous island of Mykonos. The town is a small architectural miracle, with its gleaming white-washed buildings and windmills, and one of the most cosmopolitan places in the world.
Saturday, 4 October 2025 In the morning you will arrive in Kusadasi, Turkey, and have the option to drive to Ephesus, where Paul spent three years during his ministry. The impressive remains of Ephesus include the Agora, the Theater, the Stadium, the Library of Celsius, the ruins of the Temple of Diana (one of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”) and many more. Later, you will sail for the island of Patmos, where you can choose to visit the Monastery of St. John, on one of the island’s highest points. From there, you will walk down to the Grotto of the Apocalypse, the site of the apocalyptic Revelations of St. John the Divine.
Sunday, 5 October 2025 In the morning arrive at Heraklion, Crete, where you can choose to visit the Minoan Palace of Knossos, home to king Minos and his legendary beast, the Minotaur. In the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion you can find the unbelievable works of art (pieces of sculpture and pottery, jewelry, arms, frescoes), that have been found in a number of Minoan sites all over Crete. Then, sail north to the isle of Santorini, the most breathtaking of all the Greek islands. The exquisite whitewashed villages, including the town of Fira, or Thira, cling to volcanic cliffs, accessible by cable-car, or mule. Monday, 6 October 2025 After breakfast you will be transferred to Athens airport for your flight back home. Fly back home with a new insight into Paul’s and John’s life and teachings.
Total cost: $4590 (USD)
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Deadlines
January 15, 2025: Deposit of $1000 USD.
April 15, 2025: $2000 USD to purchase airline tickets and part of land transportation. Due to the purchase of airline tickets, from this point forward no money is refundable.
August 1, 2025: $1590 USD, the remainder is due.Depart on September 26, 2025