Philippi

“And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.” – Acts 16:12

Ancient theater at Philippi.

During his second missionary journey, the Apostle Paul had his eyes set on Asia. God had other plans, and while in Troas, “There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.” – Acts 16:9

Not many days later, Paul and company arrived in Philippi, “the chief city of that part of Macedonia….”- Acts 16:12

Inscribed on the lower sections of the two stones “Province Macedonia” and “Philip”. Philippi was named after Phillip II, father of Alexander the Great. Before being named Philippi, the city was knows as Krinides and was a colony of nearby Thassos island. A village adjacent to Philippi bears the name “Krinides”.
A tile mosaic in the entrance of a Greek orthodox church near the baptism site of Lydia maps out much of Paul’s second missionary journey. The names of the cities in English were photo edited in.

Acts 16:13  And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
14  And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
15  And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

The place thought to be the baptism site of Lydia is less than one mile from the ancient theater at Philippi.
  • Marble toilet seats
  • Byzantine church
Philippi archeological site.

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