states: [greece]
category: cultural
year: 1999
location: Prefecture of Dodecanese, Region of the South Aegean
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 37.3000000000, 26.5500000000
The small island of Pátmos in the Dodecanese is reputed to be where St John the Theologian wrote both his Gospel and the Apocalypse. A monastery dedicated to the ‘beloved disciple’ was founded there in the late 10th century and it has been a place of pilgrimage and Greek Orthodox learning ever since. The fine monastic complex dominates the island. The old settlement of Chorá, associated with it, contains many religious and secular buildings.
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