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Patmos gallery |
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Door in the inner courtyard of the Monastery of Saint John. |
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The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
(Η Μονή του Αγίου Ιωάννου του Θεολόγου)
The monastery was founded 1088 by Christodoulos (Ο Όσιος Χριστόδουλος), also known as the Blessed Christodoulos Latrinos of Patmos, an abbot from Nicaea in Bithynia (today İznik, northwestern Turkey), who is thought to have lived around 1020-1093 AD.
See gallery page 22 for further details and opening times. |
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Cross on the lintel
of the doorway |
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© David John |
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Patmos potted palm plant |
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