Grigos
Grigos is a village in Patmos, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands and has about 77 residents. Grigos is situated nearby to the town Skala, as well as near the village Kampos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 77 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Also known as: “Grigos, Patmos”, “Grikos”, “Gríkos”, and “Groíkos”
- Postal code: 85500
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and Cave of the Apocalypse.
Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
Monastery
Photo: Dulcamaraviola, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian is a Greek Orthodox monastery founded in 1088 in Chora on the island of Patmos. It is named after St John of Patmos, the author of the Christian Book of Revelation who, according to the text, lived on the island when visions of the apocalypse came to him.
Cave of the Apocalypse
Photo: Vladimir Boskovic, Public domain.
The Cave of the Apocalypse is located approximately halfway up the mountain on the Aegean island of Patmos, along the road between the villages of Chóra and Skala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Patmos and Skala.
Skala
Town
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skala is a town, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Grigos.
Grigos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Patmos, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.30424° or 37° 18′ 15″ northLongitude
26.56189° or 26° 33′ 43″ eastPopulation
77Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
8G988H36+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1842659744OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7115762Wikidata ID
Q21683524
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Grigos” goes by many names.
- French: “Grígos”
- Greek: “Γρίγος Πάτμου”
- Greek: “Γρίγος”
- Greek: “Γρίκος”
- Greek: “Γροίκος”
- Greek: “Γρύγος” (historical)
- Russian: “Григос”
- Turkish: “Grigos (Patmos)”
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