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 ...

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This long, tamarisk-shaded, coarse-sand beach rarely gets crowded. Also know as Livadi Dellapothitou, the only noise here is likely to be delighted yelps from children diving off a rickety wooden ...

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The Greek Islands are about beaches, you say, with maybe a ruin or two to satisfy the nagging cultural imperative. But then, I suspect, you haven't been to Patmos. This northern Dodecanese island is a ...

00:01, Sat, Jul 15, 2017 Updated: 11:18, Fri, Jul 28, 2017 Disembarking the ferry at Patmos is like stepping back in time. This small Greek island appears to have changed very little since John the ...

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 ...