We spent the morning on the ship and I gave my talk “Saint Paul’s Life, Travels, and Theology” Part 2. We had Mass in the auditorium on the ship.
Because we could not dock on the ship, we took tenders to get to the shore. These are like little tug boats which ferry people back-and-forth from the ship to the land. We landed in Dikili Turkey and then drove to the ancient site of Pergamum, which was where parchment was invented, and it has the second largest library in the ancient world. It was also the location of the massive Altar of Zeus.
We love this site because it’s mentioned twice in the book of Revelation chapter 2. So I act as a “runner“ for St. John the Apostle who was bishop of this area while exiled on the island of Patmos. He wrote a letter to Pergamum and I rush in and read the letter and explain it and then dash off to the next of the seven churches 🙂
We also went to Asklepion which was a medical center in ancient times and one of the best preserved of the Roman ruins. We came back to the ship and again used the tenders to board. Dinner and a good night sleep.