How a Congolese Travel Agent Turned a Small Greek City Into a Pilgrimage Destination

Visitors from the Democratic Republic of Congo photographing themselves at the statue of Leonidas or touring the battlefield of Thermopylae have become an increasingly familiar sight in this central Greek city, the product of an organized religious tourism program rather than a coincidence. The initiative traces the footsteps of the Apostle Paul across Greece and has, over the past several years, built a steady travel corridor between Greece and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with Lamia se...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA