BIBLICAL REFERENCES

 

The Seven Churches mentioned by St. John in the Book of Revelations (The Apocalypse) are all found in Turkey and each was a founding community of Christianity

 

Smyrna (Izmir)

Revelations

2:8-11

Pergamon (Bergama)

Revelations

2:12-17

Thyatira (Akhisar)

Revelations

2:18-29 Acts 16:14

Sardes (Sart)

Revelations

3:1-6

Philadelphia (Alasehir)

Revelations

3:7-13

Laodicea (Laodikya)

Revelations

3:14-22

Ephesus (Efes)

Revelations

1:11:2:1-7 Acts 18:19-28:19

 

* Those in brackets are the current Turkish names

 

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