Baptistery
Christian Graves
Demeter Temple
Dedication Statue
Isis Temple

The content on this website is maintained by Robert Myallis, pastor at Zion's Lutheran Church, of Jonestown, PA. 

The photos were taken by Emily Myallis, a diaconal minister in the ELCA who also serves at Zion's Lutheran.

This website and travel to Greece was made possible by a grant from the Fund for Theological Education, which provides grants to assist the education and formation of Christian  leaders from numerous denominations.

Bible quotes are taken from the New Revised Standard Version, unless cites otherwise.

The above photo of Greece comes from NASA; The icon of Saint Paul comes from George Mitrevski's website. 

 

 

Dion

Situated at the foot of Mt Olympus, the mythical home of the Olympic Gods (12 main Greek gods), Dion was long a site of worship. Both Phillip and Alexander, the two great kings from Northern Greece (Macedonia), made sacrifices here to Zeus, the chief Olympic god, before and after their victories.

Although some traditional Olympic Gods were worshipped here (Aphrodite, Demeter, and Zeus), by the time of Christ worship tended toward Dionysos, Asklepius and Hellenized forms of Egyptian Gods, a pattern common throughout ancient Greece.