A sampling of the 2018 tour “In the Footsteps of St. Paul”
July 10 – Departure in the late evening for Athens
July 11 – Arrive in Athens and get acclimated
July 12 – Tour Corinth which was the most important city in St. Paul’s era
- See where St. Paul worked with Aquila and Priscilla and where his trial took place and other sites
- See also some pre-Christian sites like the Temple of Zeus
- Return to Athens to see the Acropolis and Parthenon and other sites
July 13 – Start of a three-day Aegean Sea cruise by visiting Mykonos
July 14 – Arrive at the Turkish resort of Kusadasi with a shore excursion
to Ephesus
- Visit the important city where Paul lived and taught for 3 years and see the Temple of Artemis, the Stadium and the Library of Celsus and the Covered Bazar
- Visit Patmos Island and see the monastery of St. John, where John received inspiration for the Book of Revelation
July 15 – Arrive in Heraklion, Crete and also visit Santorini
- Tour Palace of Knossos in the ancient realm of King Minos, the site of the legendary Minotaur and the underground Labyrinth
- Get a close up of the rugged, volcanic cliffs of Santorini with its brilliant white houses and roofs the color of the sea in the town of Thera
July 16 – Arrive back in the Athens area
- Drive through Thebes, Levadia and to Delphi made famous in the ancient world for the Oracle of Delphi
- See the Bronze Charioteer statue
- Visit the Temple of Apollo, the Theatre, the Athenian Treasury and the Castalian Spring
- Drive to Kalambaka by way of Larissa, Larnia and Trikala
July 17 – Tour the Kalambaka and Thessaloniki areas
- Visit Meteora to see the Hanging Monasteries
- Drive through Kozani and Veria to visit the tomb of Philip of Macedonia in Vergina
- See the Rotonda, Triumphal Arch of Galerius, and the White Tower at the seafront at the seafront promenade along the route from Edessa to Thessaloniki
July 18 – Spend a day in Thessaloniki and Philippi
- See the Lion Statue at Amphipholis
- Go to Philippi where Marc Anthony defeated Brutus and St. Paul first preached the Gospel in Europe
- See the ruins of two Basilicas, the theatre, the Prison of St. Paul and the river where Lydia was baptized. Worship at this site including a renewal of baptism and communion
- Visit Kavala before returning to Thessaloniki

July 18: Renewal of Baptism and taking communion where Lydia was baptized – the most personally meaningful stop and event for the tour members
July 19 – Spend the last day in Greece in Athens and the Valley of Tempi
and Thermopylae
July 20 – Leave Greece and arrive back in New Jersey the same day