INNER FAITH TRAVEL is a non-denominational Christian travel company, established to serve the travel needs of the Church. Arrival in Istanbul where you will be met and transferred to your chartered coach. Your guide will take you to visit St. Sophia (Hagia Sophia) which was the largest church in Christendom for a 1000 years.

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Anglican Tour in the Footsteps of
St Paul & St John.
2nd September - 15th September, 2014
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2. Optional 4 day Cruise to Greek Islands & Turkey
"Iconic Aegean"
(15th September – 19th September, 2014)
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COST AUD $6385.00 per person twin share.
Plus: AUD $668.00 Ticket & Fuel Tax per person
Plus: AUD $234.00 Tipping per person
Plus: USD $60.00 Turkey Visa payable on arrival.

3. Anglican Tour in the Footsteps of St Paul & St John.
2nd September – 15th September, 2014
Tour Cost: $6385.00 per person
BASED ON TWIN SHARE ACCOMMODATION
FEATURING:
TURKEY: Istanbul, Gallipoli, Ephesus, Ancient Smyrna
GREECE: Philippi, Thessaloniki, Berea, Vergina, Meteora, Athens, Mars Hill,
Patmos, and Corinth.
ITINERARY

4. TUESDAY 2nd September, 2014
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Depart Australia for Istanbul Turkey. (Meals on flight).
WEDNESDAY 3rd September
Arrival in Istanbul where you will be met and transferred to your chartered
coach. Your guide will take you to visit St. Sophia (Hagia Sophia) which was the
largest church in Christendom for a 1000 years. End up our tour with a
pleasant walk among 4,000 shops at the covered Grand Bazaar where we will
try our bargaining skills. After the visits you will check in to your hotel.
Overnight Istanbul. (B-D)

5. THURSDAY 4th September
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Visit the Archeological Museum, the Underground Cisterns, Blue Mosque with
its six minarets and sparkling interior and the Chora Museum. You will take a
late evening flight to Izmir for dinner and overnight.
Overnight Izmir. (B-D)

6. FRIDAY 5th September
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Today You will visit Ephesus, one of the Seven Churches of Revalation (Rv.
1:11) and once a burstling port town of 250.000 people and visit also the St.
John’s Basilica. After Ephesus visits you will continue to Izmir, the ancient
Smyrna and after your visit to the Smyrna Fortress you will continue to
Pergamum for dinner and overnight.
Overnight near Bergama. (B-D)

7. SATURDAY 6th September
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Today Visit Pergamum another of the Seven Churches mentioned in the
revelation (Rev. 2:12), the fabled Acropolis 1000 feet above the town and
commanding a spectacular panorama, foundations of the Zeus Temple, the
Temple of Athena, ruins of the library which held 200.000 parchments. Also
you will see the Gymnasium and the Health Center called Asclepion, Assos, and
Troy.
Overnight Canakkale. (B-D)

8. SUNDAY 7th September
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Depart early hours of the morning to arrive at the GALLIPOLI PENINSULA to
visit the ANZAC COVE. Visit the Lone Pine cemeteries, see the old trenches and
view the monument to Kernal Ataturk (1881-1938) the founder of the Turkish
Republic. Then continue to Keshan to be transferred to Greece over the
border.
Your Greek guide and bus driver will greet and meet the group at Kipi, the
Greek side of the Turkish/Greek border and drive via Alexandroupolis to
Neapolis (present day Kavala), Greece’s most picturesque mainland port.
Paul arrived in this city (Acts 16:11) with his coworkers Timothy (Acts 16:1-3;
17:14-15; 18:5; 20:4, 5) and Silas (Acts 15:22-35, 40, 41; 16:25-40; 17:4, 14,
15). Check-in at hotel.
Overnight Kavala. (B-D)

9. MONDAY 8th September
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Breakfast at hotel. Check-out. Drive to Philippi (Acts 16:12-40; 20:6). Over
there Paul preached his evangelistic sermon to women who had gathered at
the river. You will visit the river where Paul baptized Lydia, a purple fabric
merchant, who became the first Christian woman to be baptized on European
soil (Acts 16:14, 15, 40). You will see a crypt, dating from the Roman period,
which according to church tradition may have been the place where Paul was
flogged and imprisoned. Also at Philippi you will see, the ancient Roman Agora
(Forum) built during the time of Augustus and mentioned in the Book of Acts
as the place where Paul was publicly punished after he healed the demonpossessed girl (Acts 16:19). You will see the Basilicas and the Greek Theatre
(4th century BC), which was converted into an arena by the Romans and used
during the persecutions of the early days of the church. Paul’s letter to the
Philippians was addressed to the local Christians 14 years after his first visit
there. On the way back to Thessaloniki you will see the remains of the ancient
famous road Via Egnatia. You will pass by the ancient cities of Amphipolis and
Apollonia, which are mentioned in the Book of Acts (Acts 17:1). Check-in at
hotel.
Overnight Thessaloniki. (B-D)

10. TUESDAY 9th September
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Breakfast at hotel. Check-out. First we enjoy a panoramic city tour of
Thessaloniki (Acts 17:1-13). Paul wrote two epistles to Thessalonians, both in
the canon of the New Testament. Here you will try to visit the Roman Agora
(Forum) and the Basilica of Saint Demetrios. You will see the White Tower, the
statue of Alexander the Great and the remains of the Palace complex of
Galerius (late 3rd century AD). The Arch of Galerius and Rotonda was later
converted to the Church of Saint George. You will also see the City Walls and
the Great Gate, which connects the city with Via Egnatia (Via Egnatia was the
transcontinental east-west road of the Roman Empire built on the 2nd century
BC). Then we will travel to the recently discovered archaeological site of
Vergina, the old capitol of the Macedonian Kingdom (5th to 2nd centuries BC).
There you will visit the grave of Philip the 2nd, the father of Alexander the
Great, which was found intact. Vergina is the birth place of Macedonia and
located very close to the biblical city of Berea which you may be able to visit as
well along with the Jewish synagogue (if the time allows). Drive to Kalambaka.
Overnight Kalambaka. (B-D)

11. WEDNESDAY 10th September
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Breakfast at hotel. Check-out. In the morning we visit the wonderful place of
Meteora monasteries at the top of exotic rocks. This is a tremendous
introduction to the Eastern Orthodox Church. You will continue your travel to
Athens.
Overnight Athens. (B-D)

12. THURSDAY 11th September
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Breakfast at hotel. Check-out. Today we have a full day visit of the
architectural splendors of this ancient city are majestic. You will visit the
world-renown hill of Acropolis along with the new Acropolis Museum. Special
emphasis will be on the visit to the Areopagus (Mars Hill) where Paul gave his
famous speech to the Athenian philosophers (Acts 17:18-34). You will also be
visiting the Ancient Agora (Forum), where Paul met the Philosophers, the Stoa
of Attalus and the Temple of Hephaestus. The meanings of democracy, city
assembly (ecclesia) and reasoning (logos) were first conceived and practiced in
this part of the world. Many of the terms used by the Athenian Democracy
were incorporated in the church’s terminology. (ecclesia, logos).
You will eat dinner at a local restaurant in Athens before your transfer to the
port of Piraeus to embark on the ferryboat bound for the island of Patmos
around 7:00 p.m. Overnight crossing. You will arrive around 3:15 a.m. and stay
overnight in a local hotel.
Overnight Patmos. (B-D)

13. FRIDAY 12th September
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Breakfast at the hotel. Spend the whole day in Patmos visiting the Greek
Byzantine Monastery of John the Evangelist and the Grotto of Revelation. You
will have time to enjoy the wonderful city of Patmos and have dinner in a
typical island restaurant.
Embarkation on the ferryboat sailing to Piraeus at 11:55 p.m. Overnight
crossing
Overnight crossing. (B-D)

14. SATURDAY 13th September
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At 8:15 a.m. arrive at the port of Pireous and be picked up by your bus in order
to visit Corinth (Acts 18:1-18). Corinth is the city where Paul stayed for one and
a half years during his first visit, the longest he stayed in any of the cities he
visited except Ephesus. Paul wrote at least four letters addressed to the church
of Corinth two of which are found in the New Testament. From Corinth he
wrote three and possibly four epistles addressed to the first Christians in
Rome, Thessaloniki and Galatia. You will be visiting the archaeological
museum, the Ancient Agora (Forum) and the bema where Paul stood in front
of Gallio (Acts 18:12-17), the Roman Pro-Consul of Achaea. You will see the
inscription of Erastus, the treasurer of the city, mentioned in the epistle to
Romans.
(Acts 19:22; Romans 16:23; 2 Timothy 4:20) You will also enjoy seeing the
Temple of Apollo and the hill of Acrocorinth, where during the time of classical
Greece used to be the famous Temple of Aphrodite. Drive back to Athens.
Check-in at the hotel, followed by dinner and overnight.
Overnight Athens. (D)
(Note: Breakfast not included in Ferry Crossing. However we arrive at Corinth Canal about 09:00am and you
can buy breakfast at one of the coffee shops overlooking the historic Isthmus of Corinth)

15. SUNDAY 14th September
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Breakfast at the hotel. Visit St Paul’s Anglican Church for the 10:15am morning
service then have free time in the city of Athens for souvenir shopping in Plaka.
You will take a guided tour at Cape Sounio in the afternoon to visit the Temple
of Poseidon.
You will also have a special Greek night at Cosmovision Center. Overnight at
your hotel
Overnight Athens. (B-D)

16. MONDAY 15th September
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Breakfast at hotel. Check-out. Transfer from the hotel to Athens International
Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” for departure flight home back to Australia!
Optional 4 day Cruise to Greek Islands & Turkey
“Iconic Aegean”
(15th September – 19th September 2014)
Cruise Cost: $1,685.00 per person
BASED ON TWIN SHARE ACCOMMODATION

17. MONDAY 15th September
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At 8:30 a.m. we are transferred to the port of Piraeus for the 4-Day Cruise
“Iconic Aegean” to the Greek Isles & Turkey. Embarkation and sail for Mykonos
at 11:00 a.m. Lunch on board. In the afternoon (6:00p.m.), call at Mykonos.
(Disembarkation either by tender-boats or the ship will dock at the port of
Tourlos). Mykonos, the “Pearl of the Aegean Sea” combines international jetset atmosphere and a very active nightlife.
You can stroll at leisure through the whitewashed, flower-decked alleyways,
climbing to the sculpture church of Paraportiani and then along the waterfront
of «Little Venice» to the well-known windmills. Sail for Kusadasi, Turkey at
11:00 p.m.
Overnight on board. (L-D)

18. TUESDAY 16th September
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Breakfast on board. At 7:00 a.m. our cruise-ship will at the port of Kusadasi in
Turkey.
Leisurely walk at Kusadasi port and the market place. At 12.30 sail for Patmos.
Lunch on board.
At 4p.m. we arrive at Patmos. (Disembarkation either by tender boats or the
ship docks, sea and weather permitting).
Free time for browsing in the town. Dinner & overnight on board. Sail for
Rhodes.
Overnight on board. (B-L-D)

19. WEDNESDAY 17th September
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Breakfast on board. At 7:00 a.m. we call at Rhodes. This stronghold was built
by a Crusading Order, which originated from Palestine, and in older days, it
boasted of another achievements of the then known world – The Colossus of
Rhodes!
Our optional half-day excursion takes us to visit the Temple of Athena on the
majestic rocky Acropolis of Lindos, with the blue Aegean Sea beneath it and
the sophisticated, whitewashed artists’ colony at its foot. Local tradition has it
that on his way to Rome; Paul’s vessels spent some time here in the small
harbor (Acts 21:1). Lunch on board. Then we have the afternoon free in
Rhodes for a most delightful experience. You can stroll around the medieval
walled city; enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere from one of the elegant cafes
in the marina. Sail for Heraklion, Crete at 6:00 p.m.
Overnight on board. (B-L-D)

20. THURSDAY 18th September
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Breakfast on board. At 7:00 a.m. we dock at the port of Heraklion Crete, (Acts
27:7-13) where we can take an optional excursion to visit the Minoan Palace of
Knossos, legendary home of the Minotaur (half bull and half man). At 11.30
sail for Santorini. Lunch on board.
At 4:40p.m. arrive in Santorini (Disembarkation by tender-boats, sea &
weather permitting).
There are three options to reach the white-washed town of Fira: a) take a
donkey or mule (at 5Euro per person), b) the cable-car (at 4Euro per person
one-way), c) by walking a very strenuous 45minute’s walk (599 steps) uphill, on
a path you will share with the mules. The town of Fira is perched high on the
rim of the ancient volcano. In the town of Fira white-washed houses, narrow
streets, open-air cafes and glittering boutiques cling to steep cliffs. The
eruption of the volcano in 1,600 BC literally buried a flourishing Bronze Age
town which has now been excavated at Akrotiri. Free time for taking photos,
browsing, shopping and enjoying the unique view. Sail for Piraeus at 9:00 pm.
Overnight on board. (B-L-D)

21. FRIDAY 19th September
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At 6:00 a.m. arrive at Piraeus. We disembark after breakfast. At 7.45 meet the
local escort who will assist with transfer to Athens Airport. (B)
SATURDAY 20th
September with a new understanding of the Bible and memories to last a
Arrival home
lifetime!
(Meals in Flight).

22. SUMMARY OF TOUR
Price includes Round trip airfare from Australia to Istanbul via Dubai and return from
Athens. All airport assistance, touring expenses in all countries visited with an English
speaking tour guide in modern air-conditioned coaches, nightly accommodation in 3
or 4 star hotels, majority of hotel and airport baggage handling, meals where
indicated (Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner), and all entrance.
Price does not include Beverages with meals, drinks, Visa cost (if applicable), or
Travel Insurance.
COST AUD $6385.00 per person twin share.
Plus: AUD $668.00 Ticket & Fuel Tax per person.
Plus: AUD $234.00 Tipping per person.
Plus: USD $60.00 Turkey Visa payable on arrival.
(Cost subject to a minimum of 15 adults travelling).
SINGLE room supplement costs are available on request.
Optional 4 day Cruise to Greek Islands & Turkey
COST AUD $1,685.00 per person twin share
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Business Class Upgrade quotes available on request.
Additional Travel/Tours, Extensions and/or Stopover options available on request.

23. NB. Any additional travel/upgrade expenses must be booked & paid in full 60
days prior to Australian departure.
A minimal fee shall apply for Travellers deviating flights from the return date
of the group.
This tour is being made possible through Inner Faith Travel and Father John
Mathes & Carolyn Mathes. Every effort is made to provide accurate prices
however, Tour costs remain subject to change at any time at the discretion of
Inner Faith Travel due to currency fluctuations, flight rescheduling or
airfare/land operator increases since the time of publication (10/10/13).

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