Post Series: Turkey
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A European Journey #17 – Iznik/Nicaea (Turkey)
The First Council of Nicaea Today we’re actually stepping just outside Europe. We will cross the Bosporus, which separates Europe and Asia and will travel for 150 km to a town called Iznik. As we enter the old town through the ruins of the medieval walls, we discover an interesting mixture of Christian and Muslim…
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A European Journey #36 – Constantinople (Turkey)
Today we will start a new miniseries in which we will learn more about one of the most important churches of Europe, the Eastern Orthodox Church. In this stage, we will visit the city that played a key role in the development of Orthodox Christianity. I am referring to Constantinople (today Istanbul). With fifteen million…
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A European Journey #38 – Constantinople (Turkey)
Today we will continue our miniseries exploring the history of the Orthodox Church. Our first stage led us to Constantinople, to the majestic basilica Hagia Sophia, which is the heart of Eastern orthodoxy. We will return to this place today to discover how much this basilica has influenced Eastern Orthodox Christianity and even other spheres…
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A European Journey #92 – Urfa (Turkey)
In 301 AD, Armenia became the first kingdom in the world to adopt Christianity as its official faith. But it was several centuries of Christian influence that led to this watershed moment, and the process may have actually started during the earthly life of the Lord Jesus Christ himself. So how did the Gospel first…
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A European Journey #95 – Urfa (Turkey)
Scholars like Vishal Mangalwadi or Tom Holland have demonstrated that the Western legal tradition finds its roots in the Bible. But how could a law that God gave to Moses in a remote land by the Red Sea possibly have such an impact? After Pentecost, when the first Christians began to spread the Gospel beyond…