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== Monastery of St. John the Theologian ==
::''See Main Article: [[Monastery of St. John the Theologian (Patmos, Greece)]]''
The '''Monastery of St. John the Theologian''' was founded 1088 AD by St. [[Christodoulos the Latrinos]], who had been granted the whole island of Patmos with a golden bull by the Emperor of Byzantium Alexis I Komninos. The monastery belongs to the Ecumenical Patriarchate; and is therefore a '''Patriarchal exarchate''' with a Patriarchal exarch, its abbot had special benefits.