March 26, 2019

A roundup of my columns from Turkey

Blog PostBy Jonathon Van Maren March 26, 2019 Leave a comment

For anyone interested, here is a roundup of my columns from Turkey (the last of which was just published today). A day in Constantinople The graveyards of Gallipoli Walking the walls of Troy My column on the Armenian genocide, which I have been working on for sometime, was posted by the Armenian ambassador to the…

Walking in the footsteps of the apostles–and touring sites of ancient persecution

Blog PostBy Jonathon Van Maren March 26, 2019 7 Comments

By Jonathon Van Maren Inside the jumble of massive columns, slumping stone walls, sculpted doorways and granite slabs engraved with Byzantine crosses, my wife and I found a small sign affixed to a brick wall in the Basilica of St. John. The white paint was peeling away in strips, but the words were still readable.…