{"id":424,"date":"2009-03-12T10:38:23","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T10:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/?p=424"},"modified":"2021-07-29T11:40:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T08:40:05","slug":"geographical-historical-outline-of-patmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-patmos\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographical &#038; Historical Outline of Patmos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Geographical &amp; Historical Outline of Patmos<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PATMOS200010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11402 size-full\" title=\"Geographical &amp; Historical Outline of Patmos\" src=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PATMOS200010.jpg\" alt=\"Geographical &amp; Historical Outline of Patmos\" width=\"257\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PATMOS200010.jpg 257w, https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PATMOS200010-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Patmos is one of the smallest inhabited islands in the Aegean.<br \/>\nIt is situated in the southeast Aegean, at the northwest edge of the Dodecanese complex and specifically between the islands of Leros and Ikaria.<br \/>\nIt has an area of 34 square kilometers, 63 kilometers length of coastline and its terrain is rocky.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The island is intensely partitioned with a lot of tall mountains, the highest peak being that of Profitis Elias that reaches 270 m.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Geographical &amp; Historical Outline of Patmos<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">HISTORY<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Patmos was inhabited since very ancient times by Karians and Leleges and later by Pelasgians, Argives, Mycenaeans and Dorians.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to legend it was here that Orestes took refuge when he was pursued by the Furies, after murdering his mother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">From AD 95 to 97 Christ\u2019s disciple John live in exile on the island and it was here that he wrote the book of the Apocalypse, in the cave now named after it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In 1088, the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komninos presented Patmos to the monk Christodoulos, who, with the aid of several monks and laymen founded the monastery of the Theologian, in honor of St. John.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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