Of all the islands off the Turkish coast, this is my favorite. Patmos has been named a "sacred island" by the Greek government in 1981. We visited a UNESCO world heritage site: The Holy Cave of the Apocalypse, where St. John lived and worked. It is a galactic pleasure. And we had an experience here I will treasure for a long time, an Easter procession. I mentioned before that we were here for Eastern Orthodox Easter. We stumbled upon a procession from a church we visited, carrying religiously precious icons, to a local square. This is a great example of bumping into local culture as it unfolds.

Patmos is historically interesting. St. John was exiled here for 18 months between 95 and 97 AD. It was here that he wrote the fourth gospel and dictated Revelation.

These photos were taken in April 2008 mostly with a Nikon D3.