PATMOS, Greece — It’s 3:45 a.m. on a Saturday and I am outside the Holy Monastery of St. John the Divine ... A young monk answered the door and ushered me in without saying a word.

The small island of Pátmos in the Dodecanese is reputed to be where St John the Theologian wrote both his Gospel and the Apocalypse. A monastery dedicated to the ‘beloved disciple' was founded there ...

The medieval Monastery of St. John the Theologian occupies the high ground, hundreds of feet above sea level. To get to Patmos, visitors must travel like John would have journeyed -- by boat.

Nothing much more happened until 1088, when the Blessed Christodoulos, a monk, acquired Patmos from the Byzantine emperor Alexios komnenos, and founded the Monastery to honour St John. This was to ...

The Monastery of St John the Theologian, Hora, Patmos, where the Apocalipsys/Revelation part of the Bible was written. Photo / Supplied For a taste of the real South ...

Still more majestic is the fortified Byzantine monastery ... St John, several skulls, a medieval flip-flop, and a jewelled ...

An insider's guide to what to see and do on the island of Patmos, including spectacular ... of the Athens flea market. St John (Agíou Ioánnou tou Theológou) monastery will be the first order ...