Patmos: The Greek island where the end of the world began
November 06, 2022
'Sacred' island: Positioned in the north of Greece's Dodecanese island group, Patmos is a major Christian pilgrimage site.
Here is the island where the Apostle John wrote the Book of Revelation which forms the closing pages of the New Testament and gives the Bible some of its most portentous descriptions. The cave where John wrote Revelation is actually lost to history, but tradition holds to a particular cave, where a church now exists. lf it wasn't for the sign reading "Cave of the Apocalypse" you wouldn't know you were entering the sacred grotto. The chapel, it's north side sealed by a rocky alcove, lies at the end of a series of corridors. Inside, a silver miter rises over a fenced-off cleft where the biblical figure apparently laid his head to rest. A silver bracket surrounds the crack where he's said to have placed his hands to get up.
'Sacred island'
