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Patmos (Greek: Πάτμος, pronounced [ˈpatmos]) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is famous as the location where John of Patmos received the visions found in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament, and where the book was written. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex, [ 3 ] Patmos has a population of 3,283 ...
According to Revelation 1:11, on the island of Patmos in the far east of the Aegean Sea, Jesus instructed John of Patmos to " [w]rite in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." [ a ] The churches in this context refers to the community ...
The Cave of the Apocalypse is situated about midway up the mountain along a steep road that stems from Skala to Chóra and leads to a temple dedicated to Artemis. Around the cave's entrance was a chapel devoted to the mother of Alexios Komnenos called the Chapel of St. Anne.[27] References.
Patmos seems like any other holiday island in Greece, but it isn’t. This secluded destination is where St. John had visions that inspired the Book of Revelation and its apocalyptic foretelling ...
John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine, John the Theologian; Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος, romanized: Iōannēs ho Theologos) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Book of Revelation. Revelation 1:9 states that John was on Patmos, [1] an Aegean island off the coast of Roman Asia ...
Map of Western Anatolia showing the "Seven Churches of Asia" and the Greek island of Patmos See also: History of Anatolia and Christianity in Turkey The tradition of John the Apostle was strong in Anatolia (the near-east , part of modern Turkey, the western part was called the Roman province of Asia ).
Rehoboth (Hebrew רְחוֹבוֹת Reḥovot, "broad place") is the name of three places in the Bible. In Genesis 26:22, It signifies vacant land in the Land of Canaan where Isaac is permitted to dig a well without being ousted by the Philistines. Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Seven seals. The Lamb opening the book/scroll with seven seals. The Seven Seals of God from the Bible's Book of Revelation are the seven symbolic seals (Greek: σφραγῖδα, sphragida) that secure the book or scroll that John of Patmos saw in an apocalyptic vision. The opening of the seals of the document occurs in Rev Ch 5–8 and marks ...