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Map of western Anatolia showing the island Patmos and the locations of the cities housing the seven churches. The Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Asia, are seven churches of early Christianity mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation.
According to Bekir Bozdağ, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, there were 349 active churches in Turkey in October 2012: 140 Greek, 58 Assyrian, and 52 Armenian. [106] In 2015, the Turkish government gave permission for the Christian channel SAT-7 to broadcast on the government-regulated Türksat satellite. [107]
As of June 2023, Turkey is administered through the LDS Church's Europe Central Area and not by any mission. On July 1, 2015, the Central Eurasian Mission was created from the Bulgaria Sofia and Russia Novosibirsk Missions with its mission office located in Istanbul, Turkey . [ 11 ]
The geographical area a mission actually covers is typically much larger than the name may indicate; most areas of the world are within the jurisdiction of a mission of the church. In the list below, if the name of the mission does not include a specific city, the city where the mission headquarters is located is included in parentheses.
Map of Manisa Province, Turkey; site of the ancient city of Sardis. Sardis (modern Sart in the Manisa Province of Turkey) gained reputation and fame as one of the Seven Churches of Asia (or Seven Churches of the Apocalypse) when it was addressed by John in the Book of Revelation. Under pressure from curious archaeology enthusiasts, the Turkish ...
The church's paintings depict scenes of the saints, bishops, and martyrs. and to the right of the altar, a Last Supper with the symbolic fish (the letters of the word fish in Greek, ΙΧΘΥΣ, stand for "Jesus Christ, Son of God, the Savior"). The name of the church is believed to refer to a reddish orb in the left hand of the Archangel ...
The first Armenians to join the church was Hagop T. Vartooguian and three members of his family in Constantinople Turkey. They were baptized January 4, 1885. [5] Missionary work commenced among Armenians outside Armenia in the late nineteenth century particularly in Turkey.
St. John's Cathedral (Turkish: Aziz Yuhanna Katedrali) is a cathedral in İzmir, Turkey. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of İzmir. [1] The cathedral is dedicated to John the Evangelist, who in the Book of Revelation sent greetings and instructions to the Seven churches of Asia, including Smyrna (İzmir). [2]