Holy Baptistery of Saint Lydia of Philippi

Don’t want to be rude

I am not Catholic. Therefore, placing icons and marble fixtures at this historic biblical site ruins it for me. Respectfully, it probably enhances it for others… but not me. I’d rather sit on a wood b...

A place of pilgrimage

History literally at your feet. Here is a wonderfully ornate baptistry, recently built with superb mosaics and glorious pictures. Just by it is the very river where St. Paul baptised the first Christi...

It’s free, its interesting, and for any Christian a really special place to visit

You can sit by the river in the place that St Paul is believed to have preached and to have baptised Lydia as his first Christian in Europe. A lovely church, with paintings of St Paul’s own life and a...

Holy Shrine – Baptistery of Saint Lydia of Thyatira!

The modern Baptistery of St Lydia (1974), with an octagonal design, can today be found very close by to the archaeological site. On the adjacent bank of the River Zygaktis there is an open-air baptist...

Amazing sacred place

Original Text

Absolutely amazing place where the apostle Paul baptized the first man in the territory of Ellada - a woman named Lydia. It is necessary to enter the chapel - air white marble space from the mosa ...