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Tour Greece with Kostas Tsevas

GREECE MAP

Tour locations on this map include Thebes (Thiva), Thermopylae, Volos, Leptokarya, Meteora, Kavala & Krinides & Philippi, Thessaloniki, Berea (Veria) Corfu Island, Corinth and Athens.

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Take the First Step in Faith

Our Mission: We inspire you to travel. Our Roadmap: We share our travel experience with you, so that you can travel to Greece, too. Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Our Vision: Travel. Make Friends Have Fun.

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59. ATHENS | Lykavittos Hill

See Lykavittos Hill in the distance, (Λυκαβηττός λόφος) the highest peak in Athens. In antiquity, it was located outside the city walls. Today, its summit is occupied by a chapel dedicated to St. George.

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56. ATHENS | Classical Theater | Prometheus | Substitutionary Atonement

Another famous playwright is Aeschylus. Have you heard about the Titan Prometheus? Aeschylus wrote a trilogy about Prometheus: ‘Prometheus Fire-Holder,’ ‘Prometheus Bound,’ and ‘Prometheus Liberated.’ The first part of the trilogy shows how Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans, making himself good to the humans, […]

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55. ATHENS | Classical Theater | Oedipus

“Have you heard anything about classical theater? Do you have a favorite author or a favorite play from that time? Have you heard about Oedipus? Do you have a favorite topic you’d like us to discuss? Or we can continue talking about Oedipus. I would like to start with the […]

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53. ATHENS | Asklepieion | The Hospital of Athens | Ancient Roads

Facing south we have the Asklepieion, (Ἀσκληπιεῖον) the hospital of Athens, on the southern slope of the Acropolis. Do you know something about the ancient hospitals? More than 300 hospitals/temples dedicated to Asclepius have been discovered, the biggest one being in Pergamum. The Pergamian Asclepieion is like a town. The […]

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52. ATHENS | Erectheion on the Acropolis of Athens

At the Erectheion on the Acropolis of Athens, one part of this ancient temple was dedicated to Poseidon, the god of the sea. Another part,  the part that faced the city was dedicated to Athena, the goddess of the city court/wisdom. Athenians believed there was a contest between Poseidon and […]

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46. ATHENS | Where Athenian Democracy was Born

The first agora in Western civilization appeared in Athens, at the end of the sixth century BC. This is where Athenian democracy was born, which opened a new era in world culture. At the Agora in Athens we have the ruins of the administrative and the religious sections of the […]

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39. AIGAI | Museum of the Royal Graves of Aigai | Daniel 8 | Daniel 11 | Luke 16:19-31 | Galatians | 1 Corinthians 9:24, 25 | Matthew 26:29 | Matthew 16:18 | Acts 2:31 | 1 Peter 3: 18,19 | 1 Corinthians 15:55 | Revelation 20:14

We toured the Museum of the Royal Graves of Aigai, but were not able to get any pictures. Here is what we learned: In the Old Testament in Daniel 8, the ancient prophet asked, “What is this male goat and the ram?” The archangel Gabrielle said to him, “Look, the male […]

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35. THESSALONIKI | Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki | 2 Peter 1:4 | Genesis 4:1 | Numbers 21:6-9 | 3 Approaches to Divinity | Anthropomorphism | Theogony | Theosis | Asclepius | A Prefiguration of Jesus Christ

The Ancient Greeks had three very special concepts in their approach to Divinity, all of them were daringly sacrilegious for a faithful Jew of the Old Testament. These three concepts were: All of these three concepts, being totally sacrilegious and disgusting for a faithful Jew of the Old Testament, are […]

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34. THESSALONIKI | Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki | Column from the Via Ignatia | The Symposium | Socrates | Acts 19:29 | 2 Corinthians 9:2,4 | Daniel 8:20-21 | Acts 27:9-44 | 2 Corinthians 11:25-26

The Macedonian language that some people claim that they speak today has nothing to do with Macedonian inscriptions. The language that the Macedonians used in antiquity, was not Slavic, but definitely, without any doubt, was Greek. Slavic Macedonians cannot name themselves as “The Macedonians.” Rather, they are “Slavic Macedonians.” Macedonians […]

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33. THESSALONIKI | Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki | 1 A.D. Greek Inscription ΟΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΑΡΧΑΙ | Paul and The City Authorities in Thessaloniki | Daniel 8 | Acts 19:29 | 2 Corinthians 9:2,4 | Acts 17:5-9

Prior to 1887 a very specific term for The City Authorities had never been found inscribed anywhere. This caused doubt. But then, in the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, wan early inscription was found from 1 A.D. The Greek inscription, ΟΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΑΡΧΑΙ, is important for Christian apologetics. ΟΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΑΡΧΑΙ means “The City […]

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32. THESSALONIKI | Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki | Classical History of Greece | Gold | 2 Corinthians 4:7 | 1 Corinthians 13: 12a | Philippians 2:17 | Revelation 16:1 | Acts: 17: 6b-8 | Mark 14:3-9 | Matthew 9:16-17 | Colossians 2:15

The main theme at the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece is classical history. Here we can see artifacts from the city of Thessaloniki, the area around it, and also the unit of the gold. You see the granulation, the little spheres: today we can reproduce this jewelry, but only by […]

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31. THESSALONIKI | Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki | The Decoration of the Diadem | An Athletic Symbol | Granulation | On His Head are Many Diadems | Revelation 19:11-13

At the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, we see the gold decoration of a diadem. The diadem is an athletic symbol (not a religious symbol like the wreath.) The diadem was a woolen ribbon. The gold decoration (the decoration of the diadem) is not the diadem itself. Look at the golden […]

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30. THESSALONIKI | Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki | Wreaths are Religious Symbols | The King Priest | Run to Win the Imperishable Wreath | 1 Corinthians 9:24,25

At the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, let us look at the wreaths. Wreaths are religious symbols. Greek worshippers identified with their certain patron god in official presentations, not only for religious presentations, but also for social occasions, like weddings. On these occasions the worshippers dressed very well, of course, and […]

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13. METEORA | Varlaam Church | The Spirit-Fighting Church | The Icon of the Crucifixion | The Sleep of Mary | Resurrection From the Kingdom of Hades | Romans 5:12-21 | Matthew 16:18 | Revelation 20:14

This first icon in the antechamber depicts the spirit-fighting church in a very special moment, in the border between the present and the future life. Imagine martyrdom, mostly in the time of the Romans. Some of them were so cruel that even the sickest human imagination counts them as sick, martyrdom, […]

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8. METEORA | Modes Correspond to Locations in Greece | Byzantine Music | Pope Gregory | Gregorian Chant | The Hydraulis | King Pepin Sultan | Church Organum | Monastery of St. George with the Scarves

We looked forward to seeing the oldest music chant ever scored, from the 2nd century BC. After lunch we would see it in the monastery. OK, music students, do you remember your modes? Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian. The names of the modes correspond to places of the […]

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5th Period of Church History

In the 11th century we have the fifth period, a new chapter, in church history. The state church was divided into Eastern and Western, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Western Catholic Church because of the ambition of the heads of the two churches to become the first among two […]

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4th Period in Church History | 5th – 9th Century

The Iconoclastic Controversy began as a conflict within the church which developed into a civil war and in the next centuries, the 5th and 6th century mostly, this situation in the church became a real civil war and the battle of that civil war, the battle field, was the Middle […]

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3rd Period in Church History | 313 – 391 AD

Then suddenly we have the Constantinian decree, The Edict of Milan. After 250 years all persecution stopped. We sat on the bus and listened as our history lesson continued. Kostas told us that he would like to say only two words about Constantine. Constantine was a very, very clever politician. […]

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2nd Period in Church History | 64-313 AD

The second period in church history is the period of the persecutions. It overlaps a little bit with the first period and starts in the year 64AD when Nero ordered the first persecution against the Christians, making an official distinction between the Christians and the Jews. Until 313AD, it is […]

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1st Period of Church History

The first period of church history began with the early church apostles and comes to an end with the death of the Apostle John at the end of the first century AD.  He was the last apostle who died and the only one who had a natural death. Some people […]

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HISTORY OF GREECE | 7 BC to 1950 AD

Prior to 7 BC Macedonia was divided into small kingdoms, based mostly on extensive family ties and tribes. At the beginning of 7 BC, King Perdiccas I brought these separate kingdoms all under his scepter to form the United Kingdom of Macedonia. He built the first capital of the kingdom, […]

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OUR TOUR GUIDE | Costas Tsevas

This is a transcription of a tour. We went on our tour with Costas Tsevas and The Moody Bible Institute Symphonic Band, directed by Conductor Dr. David Gauger II. We left the hustle and bustle of Chicago O’Hare International Airport with an energetic, thoughtful group of talented students and boarded […]

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