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Colossae (or Colosse) was an ancient city of [[Phrygia]] (in current day [[Turkey]]), on the [[Lycus River]], which is a tributary of the [[Maeander River]]. The It was situated about 12 miles above the city of [[apostle PaulLaodicea]] wrote an letter (, and near the great road from [[Epistle Ephesus]] to the Colossians[[Euphrates]]) to the church at Colossae. The town fell into decay (possibly due to an earthquake) and the Byzantine town of Chonæ (Kona) occupied a site near its ruins, located in what is now Anatolia in Turkey, has never been excavated.
==Contents=Early ancient history===
{{also}} {{ebd}}In [[396 BC]], during the Persian Wars, the satrap Tissaphernes was lured to Colossae and killed by an agent of King [[Cyrus]].
{{topics}}* The historian [[Epistle Pliny]] told that the wool of Colossae gave its name (colossinus) to the Colossians]]colour of the cyclamen flower.
{{opinions}}During the Hellenistic period, the town was of some mercantile importance, although by the first century it had dwindled greatly in size and significance.
{{quotes}}===History in early church times===
==Main article==The [[apostle Paul]] wrote an letter ([[Epistle to the Colossians]]) to the church at Colossae. It does not appear that he had visited this city when he wrote his epistle since he wrote to [[Philemon]] of his hope to visit Colossae upon being freed from prison ([[Philemon 1:22]]). It seems that a man named [[Epaphras]] was the founder of the Colossian church.
Colossae or Colosse, was an ancient city of [[Phrygia]], on the Lycus, which is a tributary of the [[Maeander River]]. It was situated about 12 miles above [[Laodicea]], and near the great road from [[Ephesus]] to the [[Euphrates]]. The site, located in what is now Anatolia in Turkey, has never been excavated.===Medieval History===
In [[396 BC]], during the Persian WarsThe town eventually fell into decay, the satrap Tissaphernes was lured possibly due to Colossae and slain by an agent of the party of Cyrusearthquake. Pliny tells that the wool The Byzantine town of Colossae gave its name Chonæ (colossinusKona) to the colour of the cyclamen flower. During the Hellenistic period, the town was of some mercantile importance, although by the first century it had dwindled greatly in size and significanceoccupied a site near its ruins.
The [[apostle Paul]] wrote an letter ([[Epistle to the Colossians]]) to the church at Colossae. It does not appear that he had visited this city when he wrote his epistle since he tells [[Philemon]] of his hope to visit it upon being freed from prison (see [[Philemon 1:22]]). It seems that [[Epaphras]] town was the founder birthplace of the Colossian churchmediaeval writers Nicetas and Michael Choniates.
This town fell into decay (possibly due to an earthquake) and the Byzantine town of Chonæ (Kona) occupied a site near its ruins. A look at the classical, Byzantine, and otherwise medieval literature mentioning the site reveals a name change for part or all of Colossae to Cona or Chonae. The town was the birthplace of the mediaeval writers Nicetas and Michael Choniates. In Byzantine and Russian art, the theme of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Kona is intimately interlocked with the site. The Monastery of the Miracle in the Moscow Kremlin, where the Russian tsars were [[baptism|baptized]], was dedicated to the feast of the Miracle at Kona. ==Quotes==
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