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Cities of the first 8 ecumenical councils of the Christianity
Roundtrip on the traces of the councils at the West Turkey in 8 days

This trip passes on the traces of the "young" church. In the cities, in which the early Christian belief had supposed itself developed and shape, today important works of art are out of the antique and out of the world of the Islam. Each stage of this trip enables the users impressions unforgettable of Greek to gather Byzantine and Ottoman cultivation. The eight ecumenical councils, of which Roman (late East Roman) emperors call, al of them took place on the ground of the current Turkey in Nicaea, Constantinople, Ephesus and Chalcedon.

ISTANBUL:
This metropolis, with its geographic situation at shores the Bosphorus played a large role. For the foundation of this world in the antique time on the Asiatic bank of the strait, Chalcedon (today: Kadýköy) was located and on the European bank Constantinople (today: Istanbul).

In Constantinople, altogether 4 councils took place:

* Second ecum. Council = May until July 381
* Subject : "Divinity of the holy intellect"

* Fifth ecum. Council = May until June 553
* Subject : "conviction of the '3 chapters' the Nestorians"

* Sixth ecum. Council = November 680 until September 681
* Subject : "conviction of the apprenticeship of the one will in Christ"

* Ecum respect. Council = October 869 until February 870
* Subject : "removal of the schism of the patriarch Photius"

* Fourth ecum. Council place. (October until November 451)
* Subject : "two natures in the one person Jesus
1.Day : ISTANBUL
Arrival on the airport in Istanbul and greeting. Then orientation trip and transfer to the airport. Dinner and overnight.
2.Day : ISTANBUL
After the breakfast examination of the Sergius-Bacchus, Church of the Emperor Justinian, the St. Sophia, the Hippodrome, the Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque) and the Topkapý Serail. Then drive to Kadýköy (the earlier settlement Chalcedon), which is located on the Asiatic part of the city. Dinner and overnight stay.
3. Day : ISTANBUL
Breakfast in the hotel. Subsequently it goes to the examination of the church of the Greek-orthodox Patriarchats at the Golden Horn, the Chora Church, with beautiful late Byzantine gold mosaics and the Theodosian City Walls from the 5 Century AD. In the afternoon the Süleymaniye Mosque, the famous Mosque Sultan Süleyman of the Magnificent will be visited. Then the Aqueduct of Emperor Valens. Then shopping possibility in the Grand Bazaar. Dinner and overnight.

IZNIK : Probably of Thrakian immigrants in the 6th Century BC. established, received the city the name Nicaea at the time of the Diadochen Lysimachos. In Nicaea, two very important councils took place.

First ecum. Council = May until July 325
Subject : "being equivalence of the son with the father"

Seventh ecum. Council = September until October 787
Subject : "sense and Erlaubtheit of the pictures worship"
 

 

4. Day : ISTANBUL - IZNIK - BURSA
Breakfast in the hotel. Trip over Izmit (the antique Nicomedia) after Iznik. Today on the program stands : reinforcement concern, Lefke G ate, ruins of the St. Sophia, Roman Theatre and the early Ottoman army kitchen, Nilüfer Hatun Imaret. In the afternoon continue drive to Bursa (the antique 'Prusa'). Bursa was earlier the first capital of the Ottoman empire. Dinner and overnight stay.


 
5. Day : BURSA - AYVALIK
Breakfast in the hotel. At the morning examination of the green mosque, the green mausoleum, the citadel hill, the prince graves and the Byzantine Thermal Baths. Then continue drive over Balýkesir after Ayvalýk. Dinner and overnight stay.

6. Day : AYVALIK - KUSADASI
After the breakfast trip after Bergama (the antique Pergamon). We will visit here the castle mountain (remainders of the king palaces, the theatre, the foundation of the famous Zeus Altar, the Trajantempel, the Roman baths and the Gymnasium...) and in the Asklepieion (the Asklepios Temple, the lower rotunda, the holy spring...) In the afternoon drive via Izmir (the antique Smyrna) to Kusadasi. Visit in Izmir Pagos Hill, Agora etc. Dinner and overnight.

EPHESUS : First of Karer and Phönizier established, was expanded the settlement later by the Ionian Greeks. In the Roman time, Ephesus experienced a large economic and political upswing. Ephesus was the capital of the Roman province of Asia. In Ephesus in the double church received of the Maria, the large third ecumenical council took place.

Third ecum. Council = June until July 431
Subject: "God motherhood Mariens against Nestorius"
7. Day : KUSADASI
 Breakfast in the hotel. At the morning detailed examination in the Hellenistic - Roman Ephesus and in the environment: the Archaeological Museum of Selcuk, the Basilica of St. John, terraces houses, the temples and baths, the library and the large theatre,.. In the afternoon drive to Panaya Kapulu to the residential and dead House of the Virgin Maria. Dinner and overnight stay.

8. Day : Return flight
Transfer to the airport in Izmir for the return flight.

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