Floor Philippi Paul Mosaic

Lying on the great road from the adriatic coast to byzantium the via egnatia and in the midst of rich agricultural plains near the gold deposits of mt.

Floor philippi paul mosaic.

Lydia decided to be baptised in the waters of the river zygaktis and she thus became the first christian woman in the whole of history. Site of the famous battle of philippi at the end of the roman republic the city prospered in the roman imperial era and after a visit from st. The founding inscription by the bishop of philippi porphyrios on the mosaic floor of the house of prayer decorated with symbolic scenes of birds trees and geometric motifs informs us that the church was dedicated to the apostle paul and founded in 313 343 ad. It was the site where octavian and brutus clashed in the aftermath of caesar s murder.

Among those who heard the apostle paul s sermon was a woman called lydia. Paul became an important. A floor mosaic from the episcopal church of philippi greece dedication to st paul bg79t4 from alamy s library of millions of high resolution stock photos illustrations and vectors. Beautiful mosaic floor of geometric shapes and animals at the octagon basilica church in philippi.

When paul the apostle visited philippi in ad 49 50 founding the first christian church in europe the appearance of the city changed. Philippi in northeastern greece was a city of some importance in the roman province of macedonia. Image of octagon greek philippoi 72019374. Pangaeus it was in paul s day a roman town with a greek macedonian population and a small group of jews.

Download this stock image. Philippi named after the father of alexander the great was an important city long before the time of paul. The letter to the philippians. Paul s second missionary journey.

Situated between the strymon and nestos rivers the city was valued in antiquity for its nearby gold mines. A tile floor mosaic near philippi posted on april 19 2013 april 19 2013 by phil henry inside the entryway baptismal chapel at lydia s river was this lovely floor mosaic depicting st. The founding inscription by the bishop of philippi porphyrios on the mosaic floor of the house of prayer decorated with symbolic scenes of birds trees and geometric motifs informs us that the church was dedicated to the apostle paul and founded in 313 343 ad.