Paul's Time
in Philippi
Roman Inscriptions
Lydia's Baptism
Roman Forum
Prison
Baptistery
Via Ignatia
  Paul's Letters
to Philippi
Battlefield
  Other Sites
in Philippi
Church Mosaics

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. 

 

 

Church Mosaics

These are mosaics from the floor of a church built in the early 4th century.

How is Church remixing its culture?

Mosaics were a popular art form, especially in northern Greece.  Normally they displayed pagan myths.  Here the church uses this art for its churches, but removes the scenes of Dionysos and other myths; these mosaics do not tell stories like their secular cousins but are collections of symbols.