page_title: Timeline of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Greece (33–717)
section_title: Apostolic era (33–100)
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Greece (33–717) / The early church of Greece (33-325) / Apostolic era (33–100)
caption_attribution_description: English: Greek icon of the Apostle Andrew "The First Called"
context_page_description: This is a timeline of the presence of Orthodoxy in Greece. The history of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the Greek people, the areas they ruled historically, as well as the territory now composing the modern state of Greece.
  Christianity was first brought to the geographical area corresponding to modern Greece by the Apostle Paul, although the church's apostolicity also rests upon St. Andrew who preached the gospel in Greece and suffered martyrdom in Patras, Titus, Paul's companion who preached the gospel in Crete where he became bishop, Philip who, according to the tradition, visited and preached in Athens, Luke the Evangelist who was martyred in Thebes, Lazarus of Bethany, Bishop of Kition in Cyprus, and John the Theologian who was exiled on the island of Patmos where he received the Revelation recorded in the last book of the New Testament. In addition, the Theotokos is regarded as having visited the Holy Mountain in 49 AD according to tradition. Thus Greece became the first European area to accept the gospel of Christ. Towards the end of the 2nd century the early apostolic bishoprics had developed into metropolitan sees in the most important cities.
context_section_description: c. 45–46 Apostle Paul 's mission to Cyprus, where he converts proconsul Quintus Sergius Paullus.
  c. 49 Paul's mission to Philippi, Thessaloniki and Veria; Lydia of Thyatira becomes the first convert to Christianity in Europe after hearing Paul's words in Philippi proclaiming the Gospel of Christ during his second missionary journey.
  c. 50–51 Paul's mission to Athens, during his second missionary journey; Metropolis of Corinth founded during Paul's first mission to Corinth; Paul writes his two Epistles to the Thessalonians, from Corinth.
  c. 52–53 Hierotheos the Thesmothete, a member of the Athenian Areopagos was converted to Christ by the Apostle Paul and became the first Bishop of Athens, later dying a martyr's death.
  c. 54 Paul writes his First Epistle to the Corinthians, during his third missionary journey.
  c. 55 Paul writes his Second Epistle to the Corinthians from Illyria Graeca.
  c. 56 Paul revisits Macedonia.
  c. 60 Crucifixion of Apostle Andrew the First-called, in Patras.
  c. 61 Barnabas, founder of Church of Cyprus, traditionally thought to have been martyred in Salamis; Paul's ship lands at Kaloi Limenes (Fair Havens) on the southern coast of Crete, as he was traveling as a prisoner to Rome.
  c. 64 Paul ordained the Apostle Titus bishop of Gortyn in Crete, becoming the first Bishop of Crete.
  c. 95 Apocalypse of John written on the island of Patmos.
  96 Martyrdom of Dionysius the Areopagite of the Seventy.
  100 Death of St. John the Theologian in Ephesus.
caption: Icon of Apostle Andrew, considered the founder and first bishop of the Church of Byzantium.
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