Lykaonia Folder (Great Road, Isaurai, Pisidia, Konya, Iconium, and Pamphylia).kmz

Lykaonia Folder (Great Road, Isaurai, Pisidia, Konya, Iconium, and Pamphylia)

Lykaonia Region, Anatolia
Lycaonia is the region of Anatolia north of Mt Taurus ; Martyr Apollonius of Sardis, Commemorated on July 10; Martyr Bianor of Pisidia, Commemorated on July 10; Hieromartyr Cindeus the Presbyter of Pamphylia, Commemorated on July 11; Martyr Julita (Ulita) of Tarsus, Commemorated on July 15 ; Martyr Leontius of Perge in Pamphylia, Commemorated on August 1 ; Righteous Nonna the mother of St Gregory the Theologian, Commemorated August 5 ; Apostle Matthias of the Seventy, Commemorated on August 9; Martyr Andrew Stratelates in Cilicia, Commemorated on August 19; Icon of the Mother of God of Pisidia, Commemorated on September 3; Martyr Sozon of Cilicia, Commemorated September 7 ; Venerable Luke the Abbot, Near Constantinople, Commemorated on September 7; Hieromartyr Autonomus the Bishop in Italy, Commemorated September 12 ; St Coronatus the Bishop of Nicomedia, Commemorated September 12 ; THECLA, 1ST CENTURY, Commemorated September 24; Martyr Azes of Isauria, Commemorated November 19 ; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Iconium, Commemorated on November 23 ; St Basil the Great the Archbishop of Caesarea, in Cappadocia, Commemorated January 1 ; Apostle Timothy of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Apostle Jason of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Apostle Sosipater of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Apostle Tertius of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Apostle Artemas of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Apostle Timothy of the Seventy, Commemorated January 22 ; Hieromartyr Charalampus the Bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Luke the Abbot, Near Constantinople ; Hieromartyr Autonomus the Bishop in Italy ; St Mariamne the sister of the Apostle Philip, Commemorated February 17 ; Hieromartyr Nestor the Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia, Commemorated on February 28 ; Martyr Conon of Isauria, Commemorated on March 5; Monkmartyr Conon and his son of Iconium, Commemorated on March 6; GREGORY OF NYSSA, (9 MAR 395); Hieromartyr Alexander of Side, in Pamphylia, Commemorated on March 15; Martyr Papas of Lyconia, Commemorated on March 16; Martyr Photina (Svetlana), the Samaritan Woman, and Her Sons, Commemorated on March 20; St Artemon (Menignus) the Bishop of Seleucia, Commemorated on March 24 ; Apostle Cephas of the Seventy, Commemorated on March 30; St John Shavteli of Salosi, Bishop of Gaenati, Georgia, Commemorated on April 1; Martyr Calliopius at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia, Commemorated on April 7 ; St George the Confessor and Bishop of Antioch, in Pisidia, Commemorated on April 19; Hieromartyr Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, with his Mother, Commemorated on April 21 ; Apostle Jason, of the Seventy and those with him, Commemorated on April 28 ; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; Martyr Hesperus with his wife and sons at Attalia, Commemorated on May 2; Hieromartyr Terence the Bishop of Iconium, Commemorated on June 21;

Great Road from Ephesus thru Colossae to the Euphrates at Melitine

Connecting Rivers Route (Akarcay and Sakarya Rivers)

Lykaonia 30-1204, Lykaonia History Folder

Lykaonia, 30-60 approx., Apostle Artemas of the Seventy
Apostle Artemas of the Seventy, Commemorated on October 30; Lykaonia, 50-60 approx., Apostle Paul; Iconium; THECLA, 1ST CENTURY, Commemorated September 24; Protomartyr and Equal of the Apostles Thekla, Commemorated on September 24 ;

Lykaonia, 50-60 approx., Apostle Paul
Lykaonia, 50-60 approx., Apostle Paul; Iconium; THECLA, 1ST CENTURY, Commemorated September 24; Protomartyr and Equal of the Apostles Thekla, Commemorated on September 24 ;

Lykaonia, 820-842, Saint, Gregory of Decapolis
Lykaonia, 820-842, Saint, Gregory of Decapolis; Venerable Gregory Decapolite, Commemorated on November 20; Venerable John the Disciple of the Venerable Gregory of Decapolis, Commemorated on April 18 ;

Rukn ad-Din Suleiman Shah 1196-1204
Rukn ad-Din Suleiman Shah 1196-1204; St Eulogius of Salosi, the Prophet and Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on April 1; St John Shavteli of Salosi, Bishop of Gaenati, Georgia, Commemorated on April 1;

Lykaonia, Goksu River Folder (Great Road, Iconia, Isauria) Central and East Lykaonia

Goksu River

Goksu River Source (Tuz Golu, Salt Lake)

Goksu River 1 (Sasima and Konya, Great Road)

Sasima, Lykaonia (Great Road from Ephesus)
Sasima; GREGORY OF NYSSA, (9 MAR 395);

Lystra, Lyconia (near Konya, Goksu River 1.5)
Lystra and Derben, Lyconia (Konya) ; Apostle Artemas of the Seventy, Commemorated October 30 ; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated January 4; Apostle Artemas of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Apostle Timothy of the Seventy, Commemorated January 22 ; Apostle Jason, of the Seventy and those with him, Commemorated on April 28 ; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated on June 11 ; Martyr Eustochius of Ancyra, Commemorated on June 23;

Lyceian Iconium
Lyceian Iconium, In the central plateau of the Lycaonian District, Iconium was a city set amidst a very large fertile plain that stretched to the north and east. Well watered and surrounded by an unusually productive and stoneless alluvial soil ; Martyr Bianor of Pisidia, Commemorated on July 10; St Coronatus the Bishop of Nicomedia, Commemorated September 12 ; Martyr Marcian of Iconium; Greatmartyr Parasceva of Iconium, Commemorated on October 28 ; Apostle Tertius of the Seventy, Commemorated on October 30 ; Apostle Tertius of the Seventy, Commemorated on November 10 ; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Iconium, Commemorated on November 23 ; The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple, Commemorated on February 2 ; Apostle Cephas of the Seventy, Commemorated on March 30;

Iconium (Konya), Lyconia (Goksu River and Great Road)
Iconium; Martyr Apollonius of Sardis, Commemorated on July 10; Martyr Marcian of Iconium, Commemorated on July 13 ; Martyr Julita (Ulita) of Tarsus, Commemorated on July 15 ; Righteous Nonna the mother of St Gregory the Theologian, Commemorated August 5 ; St Coronatus the Bishop of Nicomedia, Commemorated September 12 ; THECLA, 1ST CENTURY, Commemorated September 24; Protomartyr and Equal of the Apostles Thekla, Commemorated on September 24 ; Venerable Chariton the Confessor the Abbot of Palestine, Commemorated September 28 ; Greatmartyr Parasceva of Iconium, Commemorated on October 28 ; Apostle Tertius of the Seventy, Commemorated October 30 ; Apostle Sosipater of the Seventy, Commemorated November 10 ; Apostle Tertius of the Seventy, Commemorated on November 10 ; Apostle Tertius of the Seventy, Commemorated on October 30; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Iconium, Commemorated on November 23 ; Apostle Cephas of the Seventy, Commemorated December 8 ; St Basil the Great the Archbishop of Caesarea, in Cappadocia, Commemorated January 1 ; The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple, Commemorated on February 2 ; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated January 4 ; Apostle Jason of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Apostle Sosipater of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Apostle Tertius of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Monkmartyr Conon and his son of Iconium, Commemorated on March 6; Apostle Cephas of the Seventy, Commemorated on March 30; St Eulogius of Salosi, the Prophet and Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on April 1; St John Shavteli of Salosi, Bishop of Gaenati, Georgia, Commemorated on April 1; Apostle Jason, of the Seventy and those with him, Commemorated on April 28; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated on June 11; Hieromartyr Terence the Bishop of Iconium, Commemorated on June 21;

Derbe (Derbent)
Derbent, Konya;

Derbe, Acts 14
Acts 14:19-28; 19 But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. Then they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20But when the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the city. The next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. The Return to Antioch in Syria (from Antioch in Pisidia) 21 After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, then on to Iconium and Antioch. 22There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, ‘It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.’ 23And after they had appointed elders for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe. 24 Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. 25When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. 26From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work* that they had completed. 27When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles. 28And they stayed there with the disciples for some time.

Goksu River 2 (Isauria)

Isauria, Lykaonia
Isauria; Martyr Bianor of Pisidia, Commemorated on July 10; Martyr Azes of Isauria, Commemorated on November 19; Martyr Bianor of Pisidia; Hieromartyr Autonomus the Bishop in Italy, Commemorated September 12 ; Martyr Azes of Isauria, Commemorated November 19 ; Monkmartyr and Confessor Stephen the New of Mt St Auxentius, Commemorated November 28 ; Martyr John of Damascus, Commemorated December 4 ; St Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Surozha in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15 ; Martyr Conon of Isauria, Commemorated on March 5; Martyr Papas of Lyconia, Commemorated on March 16; Apostle Jason, of the Seventy and those with him, Commemorated on April 28 ; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; St Germanus the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on May 12;

Decapolis, Isaurian city of Decapolis (ten cities, Lykaonia)
Isaurian city of Decapolis (ten cities); Venerable Gregory Decapolite, Commemorated November 20 ; Venerable John the Disciple of the Venerable Gregory of Decapolis, Commemorated on April 18;

Laranda, Lyconia
Laranda, Lyconia; Martyr Papas of Lyconia, Commemorated on March 16;

Taurus Mountains, Lyconia
Taurus Mountains; Martyr Andrew Stratelates in Cilicia, Commemorated on August 19;

Mt Taurus, Lyconia
Mt Taurus ; Martyr Andrew Stratelates in Cilicia, Commemorated on August 19;

Goksu River 3 (South of Mut)

Goksu River Mouth (Selucia, Isauria, Mediterranean Sea)

Seleucia, Isauria (Goksu River Mouth)
Seleucia, Isauria; Seleucia (theme); Martyr Julita (Ulita) of Tarsus, Commemorated on July 15 ; Protomartyr and Equal of the Apostles Thekla, Commemorated September 24; Martyr Papas of Lyconia, Commemorated on March 16; Venerable Marana of Syria, Commemorated on February 28 ;

Lykaonia, Akarcay River Folder (Pamphylia) West Central Lykaonia

Akarcay River

Pamphylia Region of Lykaonia (Akarcay River Mouth)
Pamphylia; Hieromartyr Cindeus the Presbyter of Pamphylia, Commemorated on July 11; Martyr Julita (Ulita) of Tarsus, Commemorated on July 15 ; Martyr Leontius of Perge in Pamphylia, Commemorated on August 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Pisidia, Commemorated September 3 ; Venerable Matrona the Abbess of Constantinople, Commemorated on November 9 ; Martyr Heliodorus in Pamphylia, Commemorated on November 19 ; Hieromartyr Cindeus the Presbyter of Pamphylia; Martyr Nestor, Commemorated on March 1; Martyr Conon the Gardener of Pamphylia, Commemorated on March 5; Hieromartyr Alexander of Side, in Pamphylia, Commemorated on March 15; Martyr Photina (Svetlana), the Samaritan Woman, and Her Sons, Commemorated on March 20; St Artemon (Menignus) the Bishop of Seleucia, Commemorated on March 24 ; Martyr Calliopius at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia, Commemorated on April 7 ; Hieromartyr Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, with his Mother, Commemorated on April 21 ; Martyr Hesperus with his wife and sons at Attalia, Commemorated on May 2 ; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated on June 11 ;

Pamphylia Capitol, Perge
Pamphylia; Hieromartyr Cindeus the Presbyter of Pamphylia, Commemorated on July 11; Martyr Leontius of Perge in Pamphylia, Commemorated on August 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Pisidia, Commemorated September 3 ; Venerable Matrona the Abbess of Constantinople, Commemorated on November 9 ; Martyr Heliodorus in Pamphylia, Commemorated on November 19 ; Apostle Cephas of the Seventy, Commemorated December 8 ; Hieromartyr Nestor the Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia, Commemorated on February 28 ; Martyr Nestor, Commemorated on March 1; Martyr Hesperus with his wife and sons at Attalia, Commemorated on May 2 ; Martyr Conon the Gardener of Pamphylia, Commemorated on March 5; Hieromartyr Alexander of Side, in Pamphylia, Commemorated on March 15; Martyr Photina (Svetlana), the Samaritan Woman, and Her Sons, Commemorated on March 20; Hieromartyr Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, with his Mother, Commemorated on April 21 ; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated on June 11 ;

Colophon, Pamphylia
Colophon, Pamphylia; Apostle Cephas of the Seventy, Commemorated December 8 ; Apostle Onesiphorus of the Seventy, Commemorated on December 8 ;

Side, Pamphylia
Side, Pamphylia; Hieromartyr Cindeus the Presbyter of Pamphylia, Commemorated on July 11; St Eustathius the Archbishop of Antioch; Hieromartyr Alexander of Side, in Pamphylia, Commemorated on March 15;

Seleucia, Pamphylia, Lykaonia (Akarcay River Mouth)
Seleucia (Pamphylia) ; Hieromartyr Cindeus the Presbyter of Pamphylia, Commemorated on July 11; Martyr Julita (Ulita) of Tarsus, Commemorated on July 15 ; Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-Bearer the Bishop of Antioch, Commemorated December 20 ; Venerable Gregory of Crete, Commemorated January 5 ;

Perge (Pergamum), Pamphylia, Lykaonia
Perge Martyr Leontius of Perge in Pamphylia, Commemorated on August 1; Venerable Matrona the Abbess of Constantinople, Commemorated on November 9 ; Martyr Calliopius at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia, Commemorated on April 7; Hieromartyr Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, with his Mother, Commemorated on April 21; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated on June 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Galatea, Commemorated July 4 ;

Eudocia (Psidia, Pamphylia)
Eudocia (Psidia, Pamphylia); St Michael the Confessor the Bishop of Synnada, Commemorated on May 23;

Attalia, Psidia, Pamphylia
Attalia; Martyr Photina (Svetlana), the Samaritan Woman, and Her Sons, Commemorated on March 20; Martyr Hesperus with his wife and sons at Attalia, Commemorated on May 2;

Magydos (Magidum), Pamphylia
Magydos, half way between Perge and Antalya; Martyr Heliodorus in Pamphylia, Commemorated on November 19 ; Hieromartyr Nestor the Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia, Commemorated on February 28 ;

Akarcay River Source (Phrygia, Bayat Plateau)

Akarcay River 1 (very close to Sakarya River Source)
Akarcay River 1 (very close to Source of Sakarya River), so Sakarya and Akarcay seem to connect across Asia Minor and once defined the Border of Kingdom of Lydia. At that time Lydia was all of western Anatolia or Asia Minor. Kingdom of Lydia;

Bolvadin Plain (watered by Akarcay River)
Bolvadin Plain;

Akarcay River Mouth (Side and Seleucia, Pamphylia, Mediterranean Sea)

Lykaonia, Pisidia Folder (Turkish Lakes Region to Mt Chimaera) West Lykaonia

Psidia Region of Lykaonia (Turkish Lakes Region)
Pisidia; Martyr Bianor of Pisidia, Commemorated July 10 ; Martyr Julita (Ulita) of Tarsus, Commemorated on July 15 ; Greatmartyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia, Commemorated July 17 ; Martyr Leontius of Perge in Pamphylia, Commemorated on August 1; Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Pisidia, Commemorated September 3 ; Martyr Heliodorus in Pamphylia, Commemorated on November 19 ; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated January 4 ; Hieromartyr Charalampus the Bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, Commemorated on February 10; Martyr Photina (Svetlana), the Samaritan Woman, and Her Sons, Commemorated on March 20; St George the Confessor and Bishop of Antioch, in Pisidia, Commemorated on April 19; Martyr Hesperus with his wife and sons at Attalia, Commemorated on May 2; St Michael the Confessor the Bishop of Synnada, Commemorated on May 23; Martyr Alexander and 30 others in Pisidia and ; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated on June 11; Martyr Zosimus the Soldier at Antioch, in Pisidia, Commemorated on June 19;

Mount Chimaera, Psidia
Mount Chimaera;

Chimaera, Mt Chimaera, Psidia
Chimaera; Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated August 24 ;

Phaselis
Phaselis, 1 Maccabees Ch 15

Turkish Lakes Region - Lake Burdur
Turkish Lakes Region ;

Lake Seleucia (Lake Egirdir)
Lake Seleucia (Lake Egirdir) ;

Lake Beysehir
Lake Beysehir;

Sozopolis, Great Road and Turkish Lakes, Pisidia
Sozopolis, Pisidia ; Greatmartyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia, Commemorated July 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pisidia, Commemorated September 3 ; St George the Confessor and Bishop of Antioch, in Pisidia, Commemorated on April 19;

Seleucia of Pisidia (Asia Minor)
Seleucia of Pisidia (Asia Minor); Greatmartyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia, Commemorated July 17 ; Martyr Heliodorus in Pamphylia, Commemorated on November 19 ; St Artemon (Menignus) the Bishop of Seleucia, Commemorated on March 24;

Antioch, Pisidia, Turkish Lakes, Major Intersection
Antioch in Pisidia; Greatmartyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia, Commemorated July 17 ; Martyr Trophimus of Synnada, Commemorated on September 19 ; Protomartyr and Equal of the Apostles Thekla, Commemorated on September 24; Martyr Alexander and 30 others in Pisidia and Phrygia, Commemorated September 28 ; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated January 4 ; Hieromartyr Charalampus the Bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, Commemorated on February 10; St George the Confessor and Bishop of Antioch, in Pisidia, Commemorated on April 19; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy, Commemorated on June 11; Martyr Zosimus the Soldier at Antioch, in Pisidia, Commemorated on June 19; Martyr Julian of Tarsus, in Cilicia, Commemorated on June 21 ; Hieromartyr Pancratius the Bishop of Taormina in Sicily, Commemorated on July 9;

Caesarea Antiochia, Pisidia
Caesarea Antiochia; Greatmartyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia, Commemorated July 17 ; Martyr Zosimus the Soldier at Antioch, in Pisidia, Commemorated on June 19;