It looks nothing but a pile of bricks, but it is the significance that counts because this ruined structure used to be a platform (called bema by the Hebrews) which played an important role on the lives of ancient people of Corinth. Just imagine the phrases on the bible " a reading from the book of Saint Paul to the Corinthians", then it was at this bema where apostle Paul actually stood and spoke, and did his preaching to the Corinthians. And on 4th May 2001, Pope John Paul II and Archbishop Christodoulos (archbishop of Athens and all Greece) set their memorable meeting at this very significant place. (Corinth, Greece / 2011) 28 October 2011
The Bema at Corinth
It looks nothing but a pile of bricks, but it is the significance that counts because this ruined structure used to be a platform (called bema by the Hebrews) which played an important role on the lives of ancient people of Corinth. Just imagine the phrases on the bible " a reading from the book of Saint Paul to the Corinthians", then it was at this bema where apostle Paul actually stood and spoke, and did his preaching to the Corinthians. And on 4th May 2001, Pope John Paul II and Archbishop Christodoulos (archbishop of Athens and all Greece) set their memorable meeting at this very significant place. (Corinth, Greece / 2011) 