20/09/2026
Greece: Where the Footsteps of St. Paul Meet the Living Faith of Europe
For the Christian pilgrim, Greece is far more than a destination. It is a landscape where the pages of the New Testament, the ancient cities of Macedonia, the monuments of the Roman and Byzantine worlds, and the living traditions of Christianity come together.
Here, one can follow the “footsteps of St. Paul” through the ancient cities of Macedonia and along the Via Egnatia — from Philippi, where Paul brought Christianity to Europe, to Amphipolis, Thessaloniki and Veria.
Philippi, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, offers a particularly powerful encounter with the beginnings of Christianity in Europe. In Thessaloniki, Early Christian and Byzantine monuments reveal how that faith grew and became part of the fabric of the city.
And beyond the ancient cities stands **Mount Olympus**, a landscape where the religious imagination of ancient Greece and the later Christian world meet — a reminder of the extraordinary transformation of the Greek world.
Perhaps what makes Greece unique for the pilgrim is not simply its monuments, but its continuity. Churches are still places of worship. Monasteries remain communities of prayer. Traditions have been carried from generation to generation.
Greece stands today at the “southeastern edge” of Christian Europe— almost an echo of the Byzantine Akrites, the guardians of the Empire.
A land where the footsteps of an Apostle, the roads of ancient Macedonia, UNESCO heritage and a living Christian faith meet.
For the pilgrim, Greece is not simply a place to visit. It is a place to walk, remember and encounter a faith that remains alive.
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