Church of Ephesus

Saint Paul lived in Ephesus for three years teaching people about Jesus Christ. Saint John passed also from Ephesus and he took with him the Virgin Mary, as he was taking care of her, after the death of Jesus Christ. She is said to have lived in a grotto near the ancient city of Ephesus, where she died at the age of 63 years old.

Saint John in Ephesus

Saint John passed from Ephesus during his missionary journeys and stayed there for three years, accompanying the Virgin Mary. He is said to have written his gospel in Ephesus and that he also died there.

Saint Paul in Ephesus

Saint Paul made several journeys in order to let people know about Jesus Christ and increase the number of the Christians all over the world. According to his Book of Acts he travelled in several Mediterranean countries especially along the coast of Asia Minor.

The church of Virgin Mary Ephesus

The church of Virgin Mary was located close to the Harbor Baths of the ancient city of Ephesus. It was a 260 m long basilica which was used initially as a medical centre and a small chapel was added to it in the 10th century AD.

The House of Virgin Mary Ephesus

Even though some sources mention that the Virgin Mary died in Jerusalem, there is a second version according to which Saint John took Mary in Ephesus where she finally died. There was also a Bavarian nun, Catherine Emmerich, who had a vision during which she was shown a place where the house of Virgin Mary, where she lived and died at the age of 63, was located as well as the remains .