A drone shot of Philippi

Philippi, Greece. Archeological site of Philippi, where Paul was briefly imprisoned with Silas. The most likely spot for the prison has an active excavation underway right now - we saw the archeology team brushing dirt from skeletal remains. The site holds a large Roman theater, a section of the via Egnatia, a large stone paved agora and over the top the Roman forum. There are a number of later basilicas at Philippi (5th and 6th century AD) including an octagonal basilica with well preserved marble mosaic floors and a cross shaped baptistery. The octagonal church has a founding inscription by the Bishop of Philippi, Porphyrios, on the mosaic floor of the house of prayer, decorated with symbolic scenes of birds, trees, and geometric motifs, and it informs us that the church was dedicated to the Apostle Paul, and founded in 313-343 AD.