St. Paul passed by the supply-city of Amphipolis on his second journey on his way to Thessalonica from Philippi. Some scholars suggest that St. Paul lodged overnight there, as part of a three-stage journey from Philippi to Thessalonica, but the text is not specific on this point. There is no record of his preaching there, and little tradition of a community of believers from the apostolic ministry. It is likely the city was not evangelized until a generation after St. Paul, but nevertheless became an important Byzantine Christian site.