Berea (Veria)

Woke to another beautiful sunny day. We boarded the bus and headed off to Berea. We start the day with prayer and the reading of the relevant scripture to the place we are going. We were taken to the town square where Paul would most likely have preached. There were 3 ancient steps still there. Remnants of the Via Egnatia were seen along the main road. Berea is such a pretty town with so much history - there are still 42 Byzantine churches still there to this day.

We then visited the oldest synagogue in Greece in the Jewish quarter. This was used by the Nazi’s to round up the Jews who were kept in there for a 3 days before being taken away.

We then journeyed to Vergina, where the amazing royal tomb of King Philip II and his grandson, son of Alexander the Great, Alexander llll were housed. It was incredible to see the tombs and the treasure that were found in them - but also thrilling to read the scripture in Daniel 12:4 that speaks of the end of Alexander’s kingdom being broken and not given to his posterity. This was exactly what happened to his son and his tomb is the living proof of this.
We had a lovely lunch under flourishing olive trees and grape vines.
After an hours trip back to Thessaloniki the bus dropped us off in the city and a few of us went shopping, and then ended up on a rooftop bar overlooking the sea.
It was a perfect ending to another amazing day!Read more