Posts in Greece

Greece was the first European country to be evangelized.  The Apostle Paul went to Lystra (Turkey) where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but his father was a Greek.  The brothers at Lystra spoke highly of him.  They traveled through the towns, and the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in number daily.  Then one night Paul had a vision.  A Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, “Cross over to Macedonia (Greece) and help us!”  After he had seen the vision, they immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to evangelize them. (Acts 16) In Acts 17, we have a record of Paul’s famous sermon at the Aereopagus in Athens […]