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In A.D. 49, Paul traveled to Thessalonica, a major city in northern Greece, to preach the gospel. A small group of manual laborers responded positively to his message, resulting in the formation of a church. After spending less than three months with his converts, Paul left the city for southern Greece, ending up in Corinth, from where he wrote two letters to the Thessalonians four months or so...

Thessalonica was founded in 316 or 315 B.C. by Cassander, king of Macedon, who named the city after his wife, the half sister of Alexander the Great. It is situated on the Thermean Gulf and has one of the best harbors in the Aegean. It lay at the crossroads of major highways running in all four directions. The Egnatian Way was the major route connecting Rome with the East, and major trade routes running north and south made the city further accessible. This location early made Thessalonica
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