Cenchrea in Biblical History

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What is Cenchrea?
CEN'CHREA
(accurately CEN'CHREAE), the eastern harbor of Corinth, on the Saronic Gulf, and the emporium of its trade with the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean, about 9 miles east of that city; the western harbor was Lechaeum. A church was formed at Cenchrea. of which Phebe was a deaconess. Rom 16:1. Paul sailed from thence to Ephesus. Acts 18:18. The town was full of idolatrous monuments and shrines. It is now called Kikries.

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