Pella, the first city of Macedonia, was the birthplace of Alexander the Great.
We could see many excavations, mosaic floors and artifacts from the 4th century BC.
The Bereans eagerly received the message of Paul, “examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were true.” (Acts 17:11)
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As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
“Hanging monasteries” perched on top of rock towers at Meteora just outside the city of Kalambaka.
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