Turkey Travel Guide

Barnabas as described in the Acts ( XI, 24 ), " a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith ", though he wasn't one of the twelve apostles, his contributions to the Christianity was great. He was the one who accompanied St. Paul on his First Journey. He was for almost sure, was born as a Jew in Cyprus. His activity area was Antiochwhere there was a growing church. Apparently, he served the growing Christian centers for a long time, as late as the letter to Corinthians was written by St. Paul. The tradition says, he was martyred at Salamis, the port town in Cyprus. He was the author of the "Epistle of Barnabas ".