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The seven churches of Revelation and Patmos · Stop 15 · Day 6
Monastery of St John the Theologian
In the Bible
The book closes with John's own words: I am John, who heard and saw these things.
Rev 22:8
And I am John, who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.Tradition
Founded in 1088 by the monk Christodoulos, to whom the emperor granted the island; its walls made it a fortress against pirates.
Here today
The fortress monastery crowning Chora, with frescoed chapels, a treasury and a library of Byzantine manuscripts.
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