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| Via Egnatia toward Kavala |
The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in Greece is hosting a temporary exhibition until 30 April 2025, "In the Footsteps of Paul." The exhibit is described in this way.
The museum narrative of the exhibition was structured based on the Second Apostolic Journey of Paul in Greece, in a revised framework of documentation and reconstruction, according to the text of the Acts of the Apostles, his letters to the newly founded Christian Churches and his associates, historical and archaeological research, but also the oral tradition that preserved the memory of the Apostle unaltered. The goal is to connect the apostolic journey with archaeological sites and monuments of the Greco-Roman era, the Jewish Diaspora and the Christian world at the then stations of the Apostle's tour and current cities of modern Greece. (translated by Google; original in Greek here)
There is also a downloadable PDF brochure describing Paul's journey here. One minor detail that is a bit out of the ordinary is the conclusion that when leaving Athens, Paul sailed to Cenchreae and then walked to Corinth. (IMO, this is a correct conclusion. It's easy enough to walk from Athens to Eleusis, but it's a challenging hike after that.) The "cultural route" described in the journey notes that the exhibit also includes Nicopolis that Paul appears to have planned to visit. (Titus 3.12)
The exhibit will be in Athens this summer. More information will be forthcoming soon about other opportunities, but for now, check out the hiking guides I have provided:
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