Berea, pronounced Ver-ee-a in Greek, is 73km WSW of Thessaloniki and 511km NNW from Athens. Situated at the foot of the Vermio Mountains overlooking the plain below, Berea is a very old city and is mentioned by Thucydides in 432BC, which makes it older than Thessaloniki.
The most surprisi…
Bearing the Burden Alone at Thessalonica
The journey of Paul from Philippi to Thessalonica is simply stated: “Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews” (Acts 17:1). Apart from the distance walked by the three preache…
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