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Patmos

Modern Patmos, Greek Dodecanese islands
Coordinates 37.3100, 26.5483 View modern location ↗
Era Acts and the Pauline journeys

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Mount of Olives — Mount of Olives, east of JerusalemMount of OlivesPhilippi — Krenides, near Kavala, northern GreecePhilippiEphesus — Selçuk, western TürkiyeEphesusCorinth — Ancient Corinth, near modern Korinthos, GreeceCorinthAntioch on the Orontes — Antakya, southern TürkiyeAntioch on the OrontesRome — Rome, ItalyRomeSamaria — Sebastia, West BankSamariaDamascus — Damascus, SyriaDamascusJerusalem — Jerusalem (Old City around the Temple Mount)JerusalemPatmos — Patmos, Greek Dodecanese islandsPatmos
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The rocky Aegean island where John was exiled during the reign of Domitian and where he received the visions of Revelation. The Cave of the Apocalypse, traditionally identified as the site, has been a pilgrimage destination for centuries.

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