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Patmos (gr. Πάτμος ) is a small island in the Aegean Sea. One of the Dodecanese of Greece, it has a population of roughly 2,500 and an area of 34.6 km² (13 square miles). The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 meters above sea level.
Patmos' main communities are Hora (also called simply Patmos) and Skala, the main port. The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition.
Patmos is most notable for its mention in the Christian scriptural Book of Revelation. The book's introduction states that the author, John, has been exiled to Patmos, and that there he saw and recorded a vision from Jesus. Very early Christian tradition identifies this John as Saint John the Evangelist. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can visit the cave where John supposedly saw the Revelation. Several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.
Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Skala
Skala is the main settlement on the island, and is made of up 4 areas. Netia, the new port area, stretches along the main road towards Kambos. This Marina was built in the mid-1990's due to the couple of boom years the island had in relation to cruises and yacht visits. However, that soon fell off, and Netia is now made up of a large, concrete Marina which the few Yachts share with the larger local fishing boats and a small boatyard. The opposite side of the road backs onto a mountain, which was blasted to give buildings space to develop. These include a dive centre and several restaurants. The turn from the beachfront road toward Netia is the site of John the Evangalist's baptismal font. These businesses have struggled to gety off the ground, although the introduction of a small supermarket and a laundry have made this area slightly more attractive to holidaymakers.
Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Monastery of Saint John the Evangelist (Agios Ioannis Theologos)
from the 11th century, contains a library with 13000 documents, 2000 books, 890 handwritten documents, around 200 icons and c. 300 gold/metal objects.
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Saint John at Patmos, Diego Velázquez , 1619, National Gallery - London (England)
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1910 years since the Revelation was written. Left John at the Cave of the Apocalypse in Patmos dictating to Prochorus.
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Acts 6:1-6:6: And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid [their] hands on them.
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John testifies that the Revelation was written on Patmos, a desolate islet of the Aegean Sea, west of Asia Minor, to which he had either been banished by some tool of Nero, or else had betaken himself for solitude and reflection. To him, in this retreat, the awful tidings had come of the scourge that had fallen on the land of his fathers; added to this, the conflagration at Rome, the Neronian persecution, all the horrors of the past decade were fresh in his memory. May we not say that the time was ripe for an apocalyptic message?, Who Wrote the Bible? Washington Gladden
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