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Holy Baptistery of Saint Lydia of Philippi

Ιερό Βαπτιστήριο Αγίας Λυδίας της Φιλιππησίας
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Open Opens at 8:30-17:00
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Filippi 640 03, GreeceMap
Phone+30 251 051 6944
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  • Bill S
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    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...

    Reviewed on Sep 13, 2023
  • Ian K
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    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...

    Reviewed on Sep 21, 2022
  • GodfatherOxford
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    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...

    Reviewed on Sep 26, 2021
  • visitkavala
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    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...

    Reviewed on Jan 29, 2020
  • rascall
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    Beautiful

    The Baptistry of St Lydia is a stunning but modern type of church located just a few feet away from where St. Paul the Apostle converted Lydia

    Reviewed on Oct 27, 2019
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