Istanbul Ephesus Tour

Istanbul Ephesus Tour, Departure from Izmir Airport, The Ancient City Ephesus, The House of Virgin Mary, The Temple of Artemis. The price includes the entrance fees, professional licensed guide, lunch and private a/c minibus. (0-4 aged children are FREE), Optional visit the Basilica of St. John or The Terrace Houses of Ephesus.

Istanbul Ephesus Tour

Istanbul Ephesus Tour Ephesus - Meeting with your guide at the Izmir airport and drive to Selcuk. Visit the House of Virgin Mary, where she has spent her last days before she dies. She was brought to this place by St. John for protection and is believed to have been taken from here into heaven. Ephesus is one of the largest archeological sites, for many Christians; the best-known building in Ephesus is the large Theater where in the 1st century AD a silversmith attempted to stir up a riot to get rid of Paul who was damaging his business of making images of Diana. (Sightseeing includes: Marble Street, Odeon, Bouleterion, Temple of Hadrian, Agora, the Bath of Scholastic, Love house, Library of Celsius, Great Theatre, Harbour Street.), (0-4 aged children are FREE).

About Ephesus Tour From Istanbul

The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In 268 AD, the Temple was destroyed or damaged in a raid by the Goths. It may have been rebuilt or repaired but this is uncertain, as its later history is not clear. Emperor Constantine the Great rebuilt much of the city and erected new public baths. Following the Edict of Thessalonica from Emperor Theodosius I, what remained of the temple was destroyed in 401 AD by a mob led by St. John Chrysostom. The town was partially destroyed by an earthquake in 614 AD. The citys importance as a commercial center declined as the harbor was slowly silted up by the Kucukmenderes River.

Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th century Christian Councils (see Council of Ephesus). It is also the site of a large gladiators graveyard. The ruins of Ephesus are a favourite international and local tourist attraction, partly owing to their easy access from Adnan Menderes Airport or from the cruise ship port of Kusadasi some 30 km to the South.

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Ephesus and Christianity, Ephesus was an important centre for Early Christianity from the AD 50s. From AD 52-54, the apostle Paul lived in Ephesus, working with the congregation and apparently organizing missionary activity into the hinterlands. Initially, according to the Acts of the Apostles, Paul attended the Jewish synagogue in Ephesus, but after three months he became frustrated with the stubbornness or hardness of heart of some of the Jews, and moved his base to the school of Tyrannus (Acts 19:9). The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary reminds readers that the unbelief of "some" implies that "others, probably a large number, believed" and therefore there must have been a community of Jewish Christians in Ephesus. Paul introduced about twelve men to the 'baptism with the Holy Spirit' who had previously only experienced the baptism of John the Baptist (Acts 19:1-7), and later became embroiled in a dispute with some artisans whose livelihood depended on selling statuettes of Artemis (Latin: Diana) in the Temple of Artemis (Acts 19:23 - 41). Between 53 and 57 AD Paul wrote the letter 1 Corinthians from Ephesus (possibly from the 'Paul tower' near the harbour, where he was imprisoned for a short time). Later, Paul wrote the Epistle to the Ephesians while he was in prison in Rome (around 62 AD).