
A living geography · 7 discoveries
Patmos
A chapter of Dodecanese.
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A living geography · 7 discoveries
A chapter of Dodecanese.
Cultural dossier
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Monastery of Saint John, Patmos
At the midnight Resurrection on Patmos, monks rhythmically strike the wooden talanto as pilgrims receive the Holy Light, building from a slow beat to an abrupt and powerful crescendo.
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Patmos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
In Kampos, the Gryllis family prepares Patiniotikes, the traditional sweet mizithra pies of Patmos, baked for Holy Week in a wood oven.
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Patmos → Dodecanese → South Aegean → Aegean
An afternoon inside the house-studio of the late painter Vassilis Kypraios in Patmos, among paintings, wine, white walls and the Aegean view.
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