Monks-Hermits And The Mysticism Of Cappadocia

Cappadocia is one of those rare and unique places that must be experienced at least once in a lifetime. This region of Turkey with unusual topographic characteristics was regarded as sacred and holds more than a thousand churches, dating from the earliest days of Christianity to the thirteenth century. On this tour we get a closer look into the Christian heritage of Constantinople, which has been the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate since the 4th century AD, and understand the birth of monasticism in Asia Minor including the Cappadocian Fathers: Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzen and Gregory of Nyssa.