Location Greece Criteria iii, iv, vi Address Patmos 855 00, Greece UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription 1999 | Type Religious and Cultural Reference 942 Phone +30 2247 031223 | |
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UNESCO region Europe and North America Burials Saint Paisios of Mount Athos, Theodoret Similar Cave of the Apocalypse, Nea Moni of Chios, Daphni Monastery, Heraion of Samos, Hosios Loukas | ||
The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (also called Monastery of Saint John the Divine) is a Greek Orthodox monastery founded in 1088 in Chora on the island of Patmos. UNESCO has declared it a World Heritage site. It is named after St. John of Patmos.
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History
In 1088, Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos gave the island of Patmos to the soldier-priest John Christodoulos. The greater part of the monastery was completed by Christodoulos three years later. He heavily fortified the exterior because of the threats of piracy and Seljuk Turks.
330 manuscripts are housed in the library (267 on parchment), including 82 manuscripts of the New Testament. Minuscules: 1160-1181, 1385-1389, 1899, 1901, 1966, 2001-2002, 2080-2081, 2297, 2464-2468, 2639, 2758, 2504, 2639, and lectionaries.
As of 2012, 40 monks reside here. The monastery has, amongst its relics, the skull of Saint Thomas the Apostle.