Phrygia

Phrygia (meaning: dry; barren) was a large, loosely defined inland region of central Asia Minor occupying the central plateau of modern Turkey. Its boundaries shifted over time but typically covered the area between Lydia to the west and Cappadocia to the east. Phrygian cities important in early Christianity included Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Laodicea, Hierapolis, and Colossae. Jews from Phrygia were present at Pentecost in Jerusalem (Acts 2:10), and Paul passed through the region on his second and third missionary journeys. The churches of the Lycus Valley — Colossae, Laodicea, Hierapolis — were effectively Phrygian congregations.