Monastery of Patmos

The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian is a Greek Orthodox monastery founded in 1088 in Chora on the island of Patmos. It is named after St John of Patmos, the author of the Christian Book of Revelation who, according to the text, lived on the island when visions of the apocalypse came to him. Since its founding, the monastery has been a pilgrimage site and a place of Greek Orthodox learning and worship.

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1. Wikipedia (el) – Μονή του Αγίου Ιωάννου του Θεολόγου (el.wikipedia.org)
2. Wikipedia (en) – Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (en.wikipedia.org)
3. Wikipedia (bg) – Свети Йоан Богослов (Патмос) (bg.wikipedia.org)
4. Wikidata – Q1982506 (wikidata.org)
5. Wikimedia Commons – Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (commons.wikimedia.org)
6. OpenStreetMap – way 219519550 (openstreetmap.org)

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