2008 SAINT PAUL YEAR

   Tarsus, and is the largest city of Mersin, and thus is also the big city Tarsus, Turkey. Altogether there are 318,553 inhabitants in Tarsus, and 229,921 of them live in urban areas and 86,632 in the villages, which include Tarsus. Tarsus has a very significant past and that, for many faith at home, is just one part of the past time.Im Health (Kehf Sure) you can read after that, Eshab I Kehf, the cave where the seven sleepers lived in Tarsus. Many Muslims still visit this special place. The Saint Paul was the 12 th `apostles of Jesus Christ. He was born in Tarsus, was the child of a Jewish Familie.He lived for a time in there, during which he traveled around a lot, where he was in one of his trips to Catholic Gelaube met and also chosen. He wanted the Catholic believers spread everywhere, but 64-67 AD, he was in command of the King Roman Nero murdered. Saint Paul's monuments, such as the Church and the fountain, which bear his name, are in Tarsus. These are monuments of the Holy Roman Catholics as named.Die Saint Paul Church is the second holiest church for the Catholics. First comes the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Moreover, in Tarsus, the road to the first sewer in the world, the Roman way, the gate of Cleopatra, The Donuktas temples and the tomb of Danial (Danyal).