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Lydia of Thyatira was the first recorded convert to Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 in Europe
Europe

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The Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. It is commonly referred to as simply Acts. The title "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late second century, but some have suggested that the title "Acts" be interpreted as "the Acts of the Holy Spirit" or even "the Acts...
 describes her as follows:
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira
Thyatira

Thyateira is the ancient name of the modern Turkey city of Akhisar . The Turkish language equivalent ot Thyateira is Tepe Mezarligi. It lies in the far west of Turkey, south of Istanbul and almost due east of Athens....
, a seller of purple
Tyrian purple

Tyrian purple , also known as royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a purple-red dye which was first produced by the ancient Phoenicians in the city of Tyre, Lebanon....
, who was a worshipper of God. The Lord opened her heart to give heed to what was said by Paul. And when she was baptized, with her household, she besought us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.






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Lydia of Thyatira was the first recorded convert to Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
.

The Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. It is commonly referred to as simply Acts. The title "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late second century, but some have suggested that the title "Acts" be interpreted as "the Acts of the Holy Spirit" or even "the Acts...
 describes her as follows:
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira
Thyatira

Thyateira is the ancient name of the modern Turkey city of Akhisar . The Turkish language equivalent ot Thyateira is Tepe Mezarligi. It lies in the far west of Turkey, south of Istanbul and almost due east of Athens....
, a seller of purple
Tyrian purple

Tyrian purple , also known as royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a purple-red dye which was first produced by the ancient Phoenicians in the city of Tyre, Lebanon....
, who was a worshipper of God. The Lord opened her heart to give heed to what was said by Paul. And when she was baptized, with her household, she besought us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us. (16:14-15 RSV)


The name, "Lydia", meaning "the Lydian woman", by which she was known indicates that she was from Lydia
Lydia

Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkey provinces of Manisa Province and inland Izmir Province....
 in Asia Minor. She was evidently a well-to-do agent of a purple-dye
Tyrian purple

Tyrian purple , also known as royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a purple-red dye which was first produced by the ancient Phoenicians in the city of Tyre, Lebanon....
 firm of Thyatira, a city southeast of Pergamum and approximately 40 miles inland, across the Aegean Sea from Athens. Lydia insisted on giving hospitality to Saint Paul
Paul of Tarsus

Saint Paul, also called Paul the Apostle, the Apostle Paul or Paul of Tarsus , was a Hellenistic Judaism, who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles", and was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries....
 and his companions in Philippi
Philippi

Philippi was a city in eastern Macedonia , in northern ancient Greece, founded by Philip II of Macedon in 356 BC and abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman Empire conquest....
. They stayed with her until their departure, through Amphipolis
Amphipolis

Amphipolis was an Ancient Greece Greece Polis in the region once inhabited by the Edoni people in the present-day Peripheries of Greece of Central Macedonia....
 and Apollonia
Apollonia

Apollonia may be:People:*Saint Apollonia, of Alexandria*Apollonia Kotero, musician & actressPlaces::In Albania::In Bulgaria::In Greece::* Apollonia , an inland city in Epirus, founded by Corinth.:* Apollonia , an inland city near modern Apollonia, Thessaloniki, visited by the apostle Paul:* Apollonia , a coastal city near Th...
, to Thessalonica (Acts 16:40-17:1). In the liturgical calendar of saints
Roman Catholic calendar of saints

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 of the Latin Rite
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 Catholic Church in Greece she is called "Lydia of Philippi". Her feast is on 3 August. She is also commemorated with Dorcas
Dorcas

Dorcas was a disciple of Jaffa found in the Book of Acts of the Apostles of the Bible. She was a dressmaker, who made clothes for the poor in her village....
 and Phoebe
Phoebe (Christian woman)

Phoebe was a Christian woman mentioned by the Paul of Tarsus in Epistle to the Romans 16:1.Some have interpreted the Greek "diakonos" to relate Phoebe as a deaconess, however the more traditional and literal interpretation of the word is as a servant....
 on January 27 in the Calendar of Saints
Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)

The Lutheran Calendar of Saints is a listing which details the primary annual festivals and events that are celebrated liturgically by the Lutheran Church....
 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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 and on October 25 in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

The Lutheran Church?Missouri Synod , founded in 1847 in Chicago, is the eighth largest Protestantism denomination in the United States, and the second-largest Lutheranism body in the U.S....
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  • Junias
  • Phoebe
    Phoebe (Christian woman)

    Phoebe was a Christian woman mentioned by the Paul of Tarsus in Epistle to the Romans 16:1.Some have interpreted the Greek "diakonos" to relate Phoebe as a deaconess, however the more traditional and literal interpretation of the word is as a servant....