11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, what thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto
Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Pergamum and
Thyatira too easily trotted after errant teachers.
Paul led us to a refreshing brook in
Thyatira. There we rested by a quaint shrine dedicated to Lydia, the first Christian convert in Europe.
Near Philippi, we remembered Lydia of
Thyatira, who met Paul at a riverside woman's worship service and eventually led the city's house church.
Originally from
Thyatira, Lydia's father Eumenes has invented a method of dyeing fabric so that it becomes resplendently and enduringly purple.
In Revelation, on the Greek island of Patmos, Jesus Christ instructs his servant John of Patmos to: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to
Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." "Churches" in this context refers to the community or local congregations of Christians living in each city, and not merely to the building or buildings in which they gathered for worship.
Bates, 1866 206 Symmachia tricolor Hewitson, 1867 207 Pirascca tyriotes (Godman & Salvin, 1878) 208 Panaropsis
thyatira (Hewitson, [1853]) Tribe Helicopini Reuter 1897 209 Helicopis cupido (Linnaeus, 1758) * 210 Sarota chrysus (Stoll, 1781) 211 Sarota lasciva (Stichel, 1911) 212 Sarota gyas (Cramer, 1775) 213 Sarota miranda Brevignon, 1998 214 Anteros acheus (Stoll, 1781) 215 Anteros bracteata Hewitson, 1867 216 Anteros formosus (Cramer, 1777) 217 Calydna caieta Hewitson, 1854 * 218 Calydna candace Hewitson, 1859 * 219 Calydna catana Hewitson, 1859 * Tribe Incertae sedis 220 Emesis adelpha Le Cerf, 1958 221 Emesis aurimna (Boisduval, 1870) 222 Emesis castigata Stichel, 1910 223 Emesis cerea (Linnaeus, 1767) 224 Emesis condigna Stichel, 1925 225 Emesis cypria C.
Paul, Smyrna, Pergamus,
Thyatira, now Ak-hissar, where it is believed the first metal coins were minted, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea, known for its soft woollens and its bankers, all important stops on the vital trade route.
By 130 BC,
Thyatira had annexed the city which had become merely a village.
(26) This important decree, written largely by Archbishop Germanos of
Thyatira, was one of the first steps in forming a council of churches.
Because the memorial of Christ's supper could not take place in the temple or the synagogue, it had to be celebrated in private houses and we know the names of women who were heads of those "house churches": Appiah in Colossae was one, Nympha in Laodicea, Lydia in
Thyatira and Phoebe in Cenchraea were others.
4 f Monsun -
Thyatira 8-22 Lovely looking horse for the Million In Mind partnership, rather like the one I had last year.