Did you know there are two Corinths? Did you know one is ancient and one is only a couple of hundred years old? Did you know one is in Greece and the other is in Upstate New York? If you didn’t know any of this don’t feel bad. Up until two years ago, I didn’t know anything about the Corinth in Upstate NY either. I was only familiar with Corinth in Greece.
So the story goes like this: two years ago my husband and I moved to the Adirondacks near a small town called Corinth to be closer to our family. We also started attending a Church in that little town where our son-in-law is the Pastor. From what I understand, many years ago when they named this little town they left the decision up to a prominent lady in the town. She opened her Bible and the first book it showed was Corinthians so she picked the name Corinth. I don’t know if she knew that Corinth from the Bible had a bad reputation, but she chose that anyway. How was that for some useless information?
Moving forward two years now. My husband asked me where I wanted to go for my birthday this year and I asked if we could go to Greece and visit the ancient Biblical city of Corinth. He liked that idea and he started his vacation prep. I was very excited about visiting ancient Corinth. I wanted to see where Paul lived for a while and worked as a tent maker. I love anything and everything that is ancient and Biblical.
When we went to Greece Ancient Corinth or Korinth as they like to spell it was pretty much our first stop. That ancient city is much bigger than I expected it to be. The buildings that held the stores where Paul would have done his shopping were still there for the most part. Unfortunately, they were blocked off so we couldn’t go in them just to look around. There are still pillars up here and there which I love seeing. Overall this ancient city of Corinth is a lot bigger than I thought it would be and there was a lot to see all things considered, at least for me there was. There were a bunch of headless statues. Not sure what the deal is with that. These ruins were really cool to see not only because I love ruins, but also because I love seeing Biblical sites that I have read about in my Bible.
Without a doubt, Ancient Corinth is completely different from the Corinth in Upstate, New York. To be fair there are some tourist stores right near ancient Corinth, but that’s about it. The Corinth in Upstate is a town that is a couple of hundred years old where people live, work, and visit during the Summer months with their boats. It is a cute little town, but I hope it isn’t living up to its name-sakes reputation.
Kathleen Smith author of Miscarriages My Story, Brooklyn Raised Livin’ Upstate & Hey You Moments to Remember. Blogs about a variety of things. Has her own podcast Kathleen’s Korner and she is the CEO of BearsWithApps. OH, let’s not forget her YouTube channel