Patmos Island, Patmos Island, Dodecanese The Monastery’s History
At the site where the catholicon of the monastery of St. John the Theologian was built there were pre-existent ruins of an Early Christian basilica and a later oratory dedicated to the same saint. Traces... View More
Holy Annunciation Monastery
Patmos Island, Patmos Island, Dodecanese The Monastery of the Annunciation, the largest nunnery on the island ,is located in the southwestern part of the island and it has an outstanding view of the bay of Kipi, as it has been built on the cliff’s edge.
In 1613 the... View More
Holy Annunciation Monastery
Zoothochos Pigi Monastery
Patmos Island, Patmos Island, Dodecanese The Nunnery “Zoodochos Pigi” is located southwest of the Monastery of St. John the Theologian in Chora and was founded in 1607 by the Abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Parthenios Pagkostas, who dedicated it... View More