May 21-June 1, 2026 • $2,950.00 per person

(all inclusive with a cruise - except for airfare)

Day 1: Upon arrival at Thessaloniki airport, meet and assist by your tour guide. Transfer to your hotel. If it’s an early arrival, we’ll visit some sites in Thessaloniki. Dinner and overnight stay in Thessaloniki.

Day 2: Philippi, Kavala

After breakfast, we drive to Philippi, the city where St. Paul the Apostle delivered his first sermon and established the first church in Europe. It’s also where St. Paul baptized a woman named Lydia, the first convert to Christianity in Europe. We will also see the Roman forum where St. Paul cast a spirit out of a fortune-telling woman. View the prison where St. Paul and Silas were thrown by the owners of the fortune teller. We’ll drive to the Zygaktis River, west of ancient Philippi. We’ll visit the Baptistery of St. Lydia (Acts 16:13).

After lunch, we visit Kavala, or the ancient Neapolis and its port, where Saint Paul, Silas, Luke, and Timothy landed when they sailed into Europe. At St. Nicholas Church at the ancient port, we’ll see a mosaic depicting their arrival and the pillar to which their boat was tied. Also in Kavala, we’ll see an amazing Ottoman Turkish aqueduct, originally structured by the Romans. Ancient Neapolis was later named Christopolis when it became the first Christian European town. We head back to Thessaloniki for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3: Thessaloniki, Veria, Kalambaka

After breakfast and check-out from our hotel, we’ll visit Thessaloniki. Saint Paul wrote two epistles to the Thessalonians. We will see the triumphal Arch of Galerius at the start of Via Egnatia, which was constructed in the 2nd century BC. We’ll visit St. Demetrius Church and see its valuable mosaics and frescoes. We continue walking to the Roman Agora. Then we drive to the upper town, which offers a marvelous view of the city. We pass by the modern church of Saint Paul and the monastery of Vlatadon, believed to have been built where the house of Jason of Thessaloniki was located.

After lunch, we head to Veria, another town evangelized by the Apostle Paul

(Acts 17:10-14). We know of at least two times St. Paul visited Veria to teach about the life of Jesus and his word. He was warmly welcomed, and his preaching had a great impact on the Jews who lived there. We will visit a late 19th-century synagogue where the Jewish quarter was located. And we will visit the “Triptych Monument” (the three steps) brought from the ancient synagogue where St. Paul preached.

We head to Kalambaka for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4: Meteora

In the 11th century, some monks settled within caves. However, as the Turkish occupation increased, the monks were forced to move up onto the rocks until they were unreachable by any opposing enemy. These monks' gatherings became monasteries. During your visit, you’ll be able to view stunning Byzantine art as well as the breathtaking scenery that surrounds the monasteries. Dinner and overnight stay in Kalambaka.

Day 5: Delphi

Today we visit Delphi, the center of the ancient world. Its prestige extended far beyond the boundaries of the Hellenic world. On the slopes of Mount Parnassus lie the ruins of the sanctuary of Apollo. Examining this magnificent temple and the amount of labor and artifacts helps us to see how challenging St. Paul’s task was to convert them to Christianity. In the museum, among other impressive artifacts, we see the “Gallio Inscription,” which is a precise chronological anchor for the Book of Acts, placing Apostle Paul in Corinth in 51 AD and helping to determine a timeline for St. Paul and his travels. Dinner and overnight stay in Delphi.

Day 6: Ancient Corinth, Athens

After breakfast, we check out from our hotel in Delphi and head to Ancient Corinth, where St. Paul stayed for over a year and a half, worked, and “reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks” (Acts 18:1-18).

We’ll also see the Corinth Canal, an artificial canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea.

After lunch, we head to Athens. When we arrive, if time allows, we’ll visit a couple of sites; if not, we head to our hotel to check in. Dinner and overnight stay in Athens.

Day 7: Athens

After breakfast, we visit the world-famous Acropolis. Akron, the highest point, and polis is the city. After visiting, we walk to the Areopagus or Hill of Ares (Acts 17:22): “So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: ‘Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: “To the unknown god.” What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man.’”

After lunch, you’ll have free time to explore the Monastiraki and Plaka area markets. Later, we’ll see Syntagma Square (Constitution Square) and the Panathenaic Stadium, or the Kallimarmaro (“Beautiful Marble”), the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble.

We head back to our hotel for dinner and overnight stay in Athens.

Day 8: Mykonos Embark on a wonderful 3-night cruise to the Greek Islands and Turkey. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served daily while on board. Mykonos, the whitewashed jewel of the Cyclades Islands, is our first stop. This charming, mountainous island is known for the hundreds of tiny chapels, whitewashed buildings, and beautiful windmills. Don’t miss taking a stroll down Mykonos Town, where mazes of narrow streets link the whitewashed buildings, and traditional life continues amidst the bustling. Enjoy free time to explore this little paradise in the middle of the Aegean Sea.

Day 9: Kusadasi (Ephesus & Patmos)

We’re at the Turkish port of Kusadasi. Transfer to a small village on Mount Koressos to visit the modest stone chapel, “Mother Mary’s House.” Christian and Muslim pilgrims visit this house based on the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was taken to this stone house by Saint John and lived there for the last of her earthly life. From there, we continue to Ephesus, the Roman capital of Asia Minor that became an important center for Christianity from 50 AD. For three years, St. Paul lived here, working and teaching the Word of God (Acts 20:31), and this is where he wrote the Epistle to the Corinthians. Ephesus is also mentioned among the Seven Churches (Revelation 1:11). We continue our cruise to the island of Patmos, where St. John the Theologian was exiled by the Emperor Domitian. St. John remained on this island for eighteen months. We’ll see the cave where he lived, the “Grotto of the Apocalypse,” where St. John received his visions that were transcribed into the Book of Revelation. We will also visit the Monastery of St. John the Theologian, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where we will see priceless icons and manuscripts.

Afterward, we drive back to the port of Scala and enjoy some free time in this quaint and picturesque harbor before returning to our ship.

Day 10: Crete, Santorini

In the morning, the ship will dock at the port of Heraklion on the island of Crete (Acts 27:8): “Coasting along it with difficulty we came to a place called Fair Havens near which was the city of Lasea.” You can take an optional tour to the Palace of Knossos, the center of the Minoan civilization. After lunch, the ship will continue to the most beautiful island in the Aegean Sea, known as “the black pearl of the Aegean”—volcanic Santorini—where we will enjoy the breathtaking panoramic view.

Day 11: Today, after our disembarkation, we transfer to the Athens Airport for departure.