Here, the Greek Orthodox chapel of ... but the main focus of religious activity in Patmos – known as the “sacred island” – is the monastery of St. John, an imposing citadel that looms ...

The small island of Pátmos in the Dodecanese is reputed to be where St John the ... Apocalypse. A monastery dedicated to the ‘beloved disciple' was founded there in the late 10th century and it has ...

This established Patmos as a pilgrimage site and a center of Greek Orthodox ... declared the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian—along with the Cave of the Apocalypse, where St. John is ...

Skip Mykonos and Santorini on your next trip to Greece ... history, Patmos has some pretty iconic landmarks. Take a journey through time at The Holy Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and ...

For many of us visitors, Patmos is the Greece we love, with its "wonky" lanes, "biddable" cats, and hiking paths wreathed in the "lingering" scent of "oleander and herbs". The cave where St John ...