Monastery of Saint John the Theologian

The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian is a Greek Orthodox monastery founded in 1088 in Chora on the island of . 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.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Description: monastery on the Island of Patmos, Greece
  • Also known as: “Holy Monastery of Saint John and Hora Patmos” and “Monastery of Saint John the Divine”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cave of the Apocalypse and Monastery of Zoodochos Pighi.

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The is located approximately halfway up the mountain on the of , along the road between the villages of Chóra and . is situated 640 metres north of Monastery of Saint John the Theologian.

Monastery
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is situated 270 metres west of Monastery of Saint John the Theologian.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Monastery of Saint John the Theologian.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Patmos and Grigos.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Town
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is a town.

Monastery of Saint John the Theologian

Latitude
37.30906° or 37° 18′ 33″ north
Longitude
26.54759° or 26° 32′ 51″ east
Open location code
8G988G5X+J2
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Wiki­data ID
Q1982506
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Western Frisian—“Monastery of Saint John the Theologian” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Йоан Богослов (Патмос)”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Йоан Богослов”
  • Catalan: “monestir de Sant Joan el Teòleg”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Sant Joan el Teòleg”
  • Chinese: “圣约翰修道院”
  • Chinese: “圣若望修道院”
  • Chinese: “神学家圣约翰修道院”
  • Chinese: “神学家圣若望修道院”
  • Chinese: “神學家聖若望修道院”
  • Croatian: “Manastir sv. Ivana Teologa”
  • Croatian: “Manastir Svetog Ivana Teologa”
  • Croatian: “Samostan sv. Ivana Teologa”
  • Czech: “Klášter sv. Jana Theologa”
  • Czech: “Klášter svatého Jana Teologa”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Sint Jan de Theoloog”
  • Finnish: “Johannes Teologin luostari”
  • French: “Monastère Saint Jean le Théologien”
  • French: “Monastère Saint-Jean Le Théologien”
  • French: “Monastere Saint-Jean-le-Theologien”
  • French: “monastère Saint-Jean-le-Théologien”
  • French: “Monastère Saint-Jean-le-Théologien”
  • French: “Saint-Jean de Patmos”
  • Georgian: “იოანე ღვთისმეტყველის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Johannes-Kloster”
  • German: “Kloster des Heiligen Johannes des Theologen”
  • German: “Kloster des Heiligen Johannes”
  • Greek: “Μονή Αγ. Ιωάννου Θεολόγου”
  • Greek: “Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννη Θεολόγου και Χώρα Πάτμου”
  • Greek: “Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννου του Θεολόγου”
  • Greek: “Μονή του Αγίου Ιωάννου του Θεολόγου”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר יוחנן הקדוש התאולוג”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר סנט ג’ון התיאולוג”
  • Hindi: “सेंट जॉन थियोलॉजियन का मठ”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Patmos”
  • Italian: “Monastero di San Giovanni”
  • Japanese: “神学者聖ヨハネ修道院”
  • Japanese: “神学者聖ヨハネ修道院と黙示録の洞窟を含むパトモス島の歴史地区”
  • Korean: “성 요한 신학자 수도원”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Jono Teologo vienuolynas”
  • Macedonian: “Манастир Јован Богослов (Патмос)”
  • Macedonian: “Манастир Јован Богослов”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ San Ġwann id-Divin”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ San Ġwann it-Teologu”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ San Ġwann it-Teologu”
  • Persian: “صومعه یوحنای قدیس”
  • Persian: “نیایشگاه یوحنای قدیس”
  • Polish: “Klasztor św. Jana Teologa na Patmos”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Świętego Jana Teologa na Patmos”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de São João o Teólogo”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de São João, o Teólogo”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Иоанна Богослова (Патмос)”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Иоанна Богослова”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Јована Богослова на Патмосу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Jovana Bogoslova”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Janeza Evangelista, Patmos”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de San Juan el Teologo”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de San Juan el Teólogo”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Johannes kloster”
  • Tatar: “Ходайдан сүз итүче изге Иоанн кашәшханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Yuhanna Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Івана Богослова”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Іоанна Богослова”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện thánh Gioan, nhà thần học”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Thánh Gioan, Nhà thần học”
  • Western Frisian: “Kleaster fan Jehannes de Teolooch”
  • Western Frisian: “Kleaster fan Jehannes de Teoloog”

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Highlights include Church of the Holy Apostles and Monastery of Patmos.

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