Category

Early Church & Apostolic Sites

The first congregations and where they met.

4 destinations

5/5 Significance

Selçuk, Turkey

Ephesus

Paul spent three years here, a riot broke out over his preaching, and the ruins are among the best-preserved in the Mediterranean.

5/5 · Scripturally central

5/5 Significance

Chora, Greece

Patmos

The island of exile where John received the Revelation — the cave is still there, and so is the crack in the rock.

5/5 · Scripturally central

5/5 Significance

Antakya, Turkey

Antioch (Antakya)

Where the disciples were first called Christians, and where Paul's missionary journeys began.

5/5 · Scripturally central

4/5 Significance

Rome, Italy

Catacombs of San Callisto

Twenty kilometres of tunnels on four levels where half a million early Christians were buried — and where nine popes lie.

4/5 · Major biblical site