The '''Rock of Kynops''' refers to a strange looking rock jutting out of the sea in Petra Bay believed to be the petrified body of a satanical wizard by the name of Kynops destroyed during spiritual combat between Kynops and St. [[Apostle John|John the Theologian]]. The story of this combat is attributed to the [[saint]]'s [[disciple]], [[Prochorus]], and contained in an ancient manuscript still kept hidden in the [[monastery]] on [[Patmos]] island.
A red buoy, Today some 200 yards west of -300 metres from the point where the big ships now dock at PatmosSkala, marks in the dock itself, there exists a red (or orange) buoy to mark the spot where supposedly it all happened. Just , just beneath the surface , is a submerged rock that, some people say , is man-shaped: Kynops, and represents the petrified in mid-dive by St. John 1,900 years agomagician.
==History==Legend has it The locals share the story that living on during World War II, the island at Italians sent divers down to dynamite the time was a magician by the name rock. After several attempts with an extraordinary amount of Kynops (meaning dog face)explosives nothing would have any affect. When he found out Fisherman say that John had arrived in Patmos and was preaching octopus caught near the word of this new god to and baptizing Patmians, Kynops became enragedrock are inedible.
During this time John spent much of his time repelling the demons that Kynops would dispatch with the specific order to carry off his soul==External links==*[http://www.ctsp.co. The story goes that Kynops was so enraged that he set off to find John and confront himil/LBS%20pages/LBS_patmos.htm Patmos] He found John at the seashore and put on a sensational display of magic*[http://glastonbury-patmos.com/patmos. He dived into the water, emerged with phantoms htm The History of recently dead Patmians and then incited his audience to attack John, which they did, leaving him for deadPatmos]*[http://www. But the saint revived and confronted Kynops a second and final time the next morningmeandertravel. John said a prayer, the sorcerer plunged into the sea with a triumphant yell, and three days later the populace dispersed, having waited long enough for his reappearancecom/biblicalanatolia/biblical_anatolia. ----php?details=patmos&m=4&md=sc4 Patmos]
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