Cenchreae

Cenchreae was the eastern seaport of Corinth on the Saronic Gulf, about seven miles east of the city. From here Paul sailed for Syria with Priscilla and Aquila after his year and a half in Corinth — but first he cut his hair, having taken a Nazirite-style vow (Acts 18:18). The town had its own congregation: in Romans 16:1, Paul commends "Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae" to the Roman believers. Phoebe almost certainly carried Paul's letter to the Romans on her journey westward, making her the personal courier of the most theologically influential letter in church history.