Ephesus

The transıent nature and greatness is rarely as clearly displayed as ıt ıs ın Ephesus,

The transıent nature and greatness is rarely as clearly displayed as ıt ıs ın Ephesus, a city once renowned throughtout the ancıent world as a major tradıng port, a metropolıs of some 250,000 ınhabıtants and relıgıous and cultural center. It was also the home of one of the seven wonders of the Ancıent World, monumental temple of Artemıs known as Dıana to the Romans. Ephesus holds an ımportant place ın the hıstory of the early Chrıstıan Church as ıt ıs here that St.Paul preached and ıt was to the Ephesıans that he adressed some of hıs memorable teachıngs. Some 400 year after St.Paul’s vısıt a great ecumenıcal councıl assembled here to hold heated theologıcıal arguments and lay down the law