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* The Archbishop of Samos, Joseph Georgirinis Milius lived in the Holy cave in 1671.
** ''the Archbishop wrote a description of the island of Patmos in which he mentions the hermitages and local worship of the area including a story about a fig tree growing in the area of the monastery showing hte letters of the word "Apocalypse"''.
* November 8, 1672 the Reverand Father Ioakim Matilas died in "Theoskepasti" <ref> another name Another reference for the Cave , in Greek. </ref>.* [[Makarios Kalogeras]], the founder of the ''Patmiada'' lived and died in the Cave in 1737.* the Metropolitan Daniel of Bizyes lived in the Cave for a while (d. August 13, 1813).* the hermit Theokitsos from Axario of Asia Minor, used the Cave as a place for peace and finally dided in the Cave in March 29, 1917.* the monk Ignatius Gazos the Fryos, lived for 45 years in the hermitage of Apollo and died December 11, 1918.* the monk Isidoros Stratos died in the cave on May 25, 1943.* Finally, the monk [[Amphilochios (Makris)]], director of the Apocalypse and the founder of the Holy Monastery of the Evangelismos, renovated the church of St. Anna and redecorated the walls with murals in 1925. The Apocalypse cave is no longer used as a hermitage due to the location being recognised as an international shrine for Christian pilgrims.
== World Heritage Classification, UNESCO ==
