Patmos · Hora, Patmos · Greece

Holy Monastery of Saint John the Theologian

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10/10

best: morning

spiritual, awe-inspiring, historical

A local would say...

St John saw the end of the world in a cave below, and they built a fortress-monastery above to make sure no one forgot.

A massive fortified Byzantine monastery dominating the hilltop of Hora on Patmos, one of the most significant religious sites in Orthodox Christianity. Built in 1088, it houses an extraordinary treasury of icons, manuscripts and ecclesiastical treasures. Below it, the Cave of the Apocalypse marks where St John wrote the Book of Revelation.