Cenchreae and the church at Cenchreae
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(Acts 18:18; Rom 16:1) - Corinth's eastern harbor, seventy stadia or about nine miles from the city. Pausanias described it as a very large town. An ancient Cenchrean coin showed a portico with a temple and a statue of Neptune standing on a rock. The New Testament mentions the town twice. Paul took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria with Aquila and Priscilla, having shorn his head at Cenchreae because of a vow (Acts 18:18). In Romans 16:1 he commends Phoebe as a deaconess of the church there, showing that Christianity had made considerable progress in Cenchreae.