May 23 - June 1, 2005 Join Dr. David S. Dockery, President of Union University, and his special guests for a 10-day tour of Greece $3470.00 from New York Optional Tour of Rome - $850.00 (Academic Credit Available) Dr. Dockery’s Guests Include: Sam Shaw BuddyBuddy GrayGray Steve Gaines Union University Trustee Union Board of Reference Union University Alumnus Pastor, Germantown Pastor, Hunter Pastor Baptist Church Street Baptist Church First Baptist Church Germantown, TN Birmingham, AL Gardendale, AL Charles Fowler Jamie Parker Michael Miller Senior Vice-President Union University Alumnus Director, Church Relations, University Relations Worship Minister LifeWay Church Resources Union University First Baptist Church Nashville, TN Gardendale, AL Travel Arrangements by TE M P L E T ON TOURS INC. TTI 1 - 8 0 0 - 3 3 4 - 2 6 3 0 w w w. t e m p l e t o n t o u r s . c o m May 23 – DEPART USA May 27 – THESSALONIKI – VERIA – VERGINA – Today we meet at our international departure airport where KALAMBAKA our host will assist us with check-in formalities. This evening After breakfast we depart Thessaloniki and drive to Veria we will enjoy a delicious dinner high above the Atlantic. (Biblical Berea). Here Paul found a group of Jews “more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the May 24 – ARRIVE THESSALONIKI Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures We arrive in Thessaloniki this afternoon. Upon arrival at daily, whether those things were so” (Acts 17:10-14). We will Thessaloniki International Airport our representative will meet visit a place where, according to tradition, Paul stood and us and transfer us to our hotel. The balance of the day is at delivered a sermon. We then travel to Vergina to visit the leisure to rest or take an evening stroll along the beautiful tomb of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. Here we will waterfront (D). see a large burial chamber, a marble sarcophagus, the king’s May 25 – THESSALONIKI crown, and weapons. Then we will drive to Kalambaka for Thessaloniki (Biblical Thessalonica) was, and is, the capital of dinner and overnight at our hotel (B/L/D). Macedonia and is the second largest city in Greece. The city stretches over twelve kilometers in a bowl formed by low hills May 28 – KALMBAKA – DELPHI facing a bay that opens into the Gulf of Thermaikos. In This morning we drive to Biblical times Paul came to Thessalonica after he left Philippi Meteora to see the Meteora and started a church (Acts 17:1-9). He later wrote the two Monasteries. These Thessalonian epistles (I & II Thessalonians). Our day begins monasteries, with their wooden with a city tour. We will ride through the city on our air- galleries, are situated atop conditioned bus while our tour guide points out some of the gigantic rocks etched by time important buildings in this city. After our city tour we will visit into a variety of shapes. With the Thessaloniki the Pindus range at their back Archaeological Museum. and the vast plain, woods, This museum houses gorges, and picturesque villages numerous exhibits below, these monasteries including the gold compose one of the most treasures of Philip II and breathtaking sites in the world. his son, Alexander the Inside the monasteries you will Meteora Monasteries Great. We will also see find many historical and religious treasures. After lunch we the excavations of the will drive to Delphi, center of the ancient world. The balance Roman market, theater, of the day is at leisure (B/L/D). and baths, the Arch and White Tower - Thessaloniki Palace of Galerius, the city walls, the chain Tower, the May 29 – DELPHI – ATHENS Citadel, the White Tower, and Aristotle’s Square. Afterwards Today we will visit the ancient city of Delphi, the religious we will return to our hotel for dinner and overnight (B/L/D). center of classical Greece. It was also the May 26 – PHILIPPI home of the ancient Today we will drive into northeastern Greece to visit the ruins Pythian games featuring of the ancient city of Philippi, founded by and named for Philip contests among poets, II. On the way we will stop at the Lion Statue in Amphipolis. musicians, and This statue was prominent on the ancient Egnatian Way that philosophers. Delphi is Paul would have traveled between Philippi and Thessalonica. one of the most beautiful In Philippi we will see ruins of the city where Marc Anthony and awe inspiring sites in defeated the armies of Brutus and Cassius. The Bible tells us the world. Here we will that Paul and Silas came to Philippi in response to the Delphi see the remains of the Macedonian call (Acts 16:9). It was here that Paul won his Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios, Treasury of the Athenians, first European convert, a woman named Lydia from the city of Temple of Apollo, and the bronze charioteer. After our tour of Thyatira. Some of the remains we will see at Philippi include Delphi we will drive south to Athens (B/L/D). the ancient theater, the agora, the acropolis, the Baptistry of Lydia, the market place where Paul and Silas were brought May 30 – ATHENS – CORINTH before the rulers, and the This morning we will cistern which tradition travel to the ancient city identifies as the place of Corinth. Corinth is built where Paul and Silas on the northern slopes of were imprisoned. After Acro-Korinthos. Ancient lunch we continue to Corinth is renowned for Kavala and the ancient its Long Wall Forum and port of Neopolis, then the ruins of the Temple of return to Thessaloniki for Apollo, which dates back dinner and overnight at to the 6th Century BC. Traditional Site of our hotel (B/L/D). Corinth is the place where Philippian Jail Corinth Paul met Aquilla and June 1 – ATHENS – USA Priscilla. It is also the Our memorable journey to Greece comes to an end. After place where Crispus, breakfast we will transfer to the airport in Athens and board head of the Jewish the plane for our return flight home. Or you may choose to synagogue, and his take the 2-day Rome option (B). family were converted. We will also see the judgment seat, "BEMA". On our return to Athens 2-Day Rome Option we will stop at the June 1 – ATHENS - ROME Corinth Canal Corinth Canal. The After breakfast we will transfer to the airport in Athens for our construction of the canal actually was ordered by Nero in 67 morning flight to Rome. Upon arrival in Rome our Templeton AD and continued until his death. Construction on the project Tours representative will meet us and assist with customs did not resume again until 1881 and the canal was completed formalities. After we load the bus our guide will take us on a in 1893. After our tour of Corinth we will return to our hotel in tour of this exciting city. Athens for dinner and overnight (B/L/D). Our first stop will be the famous Colosseum, May 31 – ATHENS scene of thousands of After breakfast we will take an unforgettable tour of the gladiator combats. Our historic city of Athens. Our first stop will be the Acropolis, tour will also take us past perhaps the most famous the Circus Maximas, monument in the world. home of the ancient The Acropolis epitomizes chariot races. Other the Golden Age of sights on this memorable Athens. Here we will see trip include Piazza Colosseum the Parthenon, built in Venezia, the famous Spanish Steps, the monument of Vittorio the 5th Century BC. The Emanuele, and the Trevi Fountain. After our tour we will Parthenon was dedicated travel to our hotel for dinner and overnight (B/D). to the city's patron goddess, Athena. A visit June 2 – ROME is also included to the Parthenon After breakfast our private coach and local guide will pick us Erechtheoion, the former center of worship. We will also see up at the hotel and escort us on a full day tour of Rome. The the Temple of the Wingless Victory (Nike) and the Acropolis tour begins with a visit to the Vatican City, Papal residence for Museum, which contains a bounty of archaeological finds centuries. There we will visit St. Peter's Basilica, the most testifying to the 2500-year history of this fascinating city. To famous church in Christendom, and the Cistine Chapel where the northwest of the Acropolis lies Mars Hill, which served as we can view the recently renovated ceiling painted by the open-air meeting place of the supreme judicial court. It Michelangelo. Continue to the Roman Forum, center of public was from here that Paul preached his sermon about the life in ancient Rome. unknown god in Acts 18. Descending into the city through the Our next stop is the picturesque Plaka District, we will see the Pnyx (meeting 2000 year-old Pantheon, place of the assembly), a pagan temple that then visit the Agora, the became a Christian very heart of ancient church. While we are Athenian public life. here, a visit is included This is the area where to the ruins of the Paul reasoned with the Mamertime Prison philosophers when he where it is said that Paul came to Athens (Acts St Peter’s Basilica was incarcerated for his 17:17ff). We then beliefs. This evening we will return to our hotel for dinner and proceed to the Temple overnight (B/D). Olympic Stadium of Zeus, the largest ancient temple in Greece (in the Corinthian style).