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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.
Today some 200-300 metres from the point where the big ships now dock at Skala. In the dock itself, there exists a red (or orange) buoy to mark the spot where, just beneath the surface, is a
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