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Laodicea is situated on the long spur of a hill between the narrow valleys of the small rivers Asopus and Caprus, which discharge their waters into the Lycus. It lay on a major trade route [4] and in its neighbourhood were many important ancient cities; it was 17 km west of Colossae, 10 km south of Hierapolis. [5] and 160 km east of Ephesus.
Colossae was located in Phrygia, in Asia Minor. [2] It was located 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Laodicea on the road through the Lycus Valley near the Lycus River at the foot of Mt. Cadmus, the highest mountain in Turkey's western Aegean Region, and between the cities Sardeis and Celaenae, and southeast of the ancient city of Hierapolis.
Hierapolis is located on terrace three hundred feet above the Lycus river (modern Çürüksu), a tributary Büyük Menderes (the classical Meander), across the valley from ancient Laodicea on the Lycus and modern Denizli. [1]
The Christian community in Laodicea seems to have been closely connected with that of nearby Colossae (also in the Lycus valley, 10 miles (16 km) distant). [1] [2] Laodicea is mentioned four times in the New Testament's epistle to the Colossians (Col. 2:1; 4:13,15,16).
A Christmas tree. A family tradition. The same tree for 60 years. The year, 1963. A photo documents we purchased an aluminum tree. We were not part of a new wave of modernism and artistic innovation.
Lycus or Lykos (Ancient Greek: Λύκος; Turkish: Çürüksu) was the name of a river in ancient Phrygia. It is a tributary of the Maeander and joins it a few kilometers south of Tripolis . It had its sources in the eastern parts of Mount Cadmus ( Strabo xii. p. 578), not far from those of the Meander itself, and it flowed westerly towards ...
Honaz (also known as Khonaz or Cadmus) is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 449 km 2, [3] and its population is 34,074 (2022). [1]Honaz is about 20 km (12 mi) east of the city of Denizli on the slopes of the mountain of the same name – Mount Honaz (Honaz Dağı).
The Lycus Valley’s interconnected urban centers—Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis—shared economic and religious networks. Paul’s instruction to exchange letters between these churches (Colossians 4:16) implies collaboration among their house churches.
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