Antioch on the Orontes

Myra

Perge

Pisidian Antioch

Seleucia Pieria

Tarsus

Cilician Gates

Cappadocia

Iconium

Colossae

Assos

Nicea

Hierapolis

Alexandria Troas

Derbe

Lystra

Grotto of Seven Sleepers

7 Ecumenical Councils that took place in Asia Minor

 

Nicea   ( 325 , 787)

Constantinopolis (  381 , 553 , 680)

Ephesus   (431)

Chalcedon (451)

SEVEN CHURCHES of THE REVELATION

Island of Patmos is located in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Asia Minor 

(Modern Turkey). This is where John wrote the Book of Revelation or 

Apocalypse which contains a message for the Seven churches in Asia.

The Apostle John saw a vision of the future and was commanded to send it to 

the seven churches in Asia Minor.

In the time of John all these churches spoke Greek and were inhabited mostly 

by Greeks.

1 – Ephesus

2 – Smyrna

3 – Pergamon

4 – Thyatira

5 – Sardis

6 – Philadelphia

7 – Laodicea

BIBLICAL PERSONALITIES of TURKEY

Virgin Mary

Saint John

Saint Paul

Saint Peter

Saint Thecla

Saint Philip

Saint Polycarp

Saint John Chrysostom

Saint Nicholas

Cappadocian Fathers

Saint Basil the Great

Saint Gregory of Nyssa

Saint Gregory of  Nazianzus

Saint Ignatius of Antioch