The Greek island of Patmos has stunning beaches and swimming coves, but it is probably best-known as the birthplace of the apocalypse. It was here, at the end of the first century A.D., that a man ...

My friend Father Michael Azar, a Greek Orthodox priest and scholar, calls the Book of Revelation the most misunderstood book in the New Testament. “It is a source of joy,” he told me. “At Patmos, St.

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in 2018. It was updated and republished in March 2024 in tribute to its writer, John Malathronas, who died in February. Malathronas was a regular ...

The island of Patmos may not be as popular as the other Grecian islands, but it's no less magical. The island is famous for being the location where Saint John wrote the book Revelation. The island's ...

PATMOS, Greece -- When John wrote the final book of the New Testament, he bestowed a gift on the Greek tourism board, mentioning, early on, that he'd received his apocalyptic vision while "on the ...

“Patmos has been in my mind since I was a little kid,” says Kevin Brine. One of his family friends was Time art critic Alexander Eliot, a passionate Hellenophile who had worked with Brine’s mother, ...

Greece has declared a water emergency for Athens, Patmos and Leros as falling reserves and long-term drought drive urgent ...

The island of Patmos, sitting under perfect blue skies in the eastern reaches of the Aegean sea, may look like a typical vacation destination in Greece, but it isn’t. It’s where the end of the world ...