Patmos. The Funder {Hossios Christodoulos} of the Monastery St. John Theologian

Description: GREECE PATMOS DODECANESE===========================Holy Monastery St. John TheologianThe Funder of the Monastery - Hossios ChristodoulosEl Fundador der Monasterio - Osios JristodulosIl fondatore del Monastero - Osio CristoduloDer Grunder des Kiosters - Hossios ChristodoulosLe Fondateur du Monastere - Hosios Christodoulos===========================( New Greek Post Card ).ATTENTION:The card postal are modern.YOU WILL TAKE THAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH OF SALE. =========================== Monastery of St. John the Theologian The Holy, Royal, Patriarchal, Stavropegic and Coenobiac Monastery of St John the Theologian and Evangelist was founded in 1088, when Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos granted the island of Patmos to Hosios Christodoulos. The Monastery was build in a heavily fortified style due to the threats of piracy and the Selçuk Turks and has been a place of pilgrimage and Greek Orthodox learning ever since. Throughout the centuries - almost a millenium - the Monastery's course in history has been uninterrupted. The Patriarchal Exarchy of Patmos is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the island was pronounced Holy by the Revered Patriarchal and Synodic Act and by the law 1155/81 of the Greek state. The Monastery along with the Chora and the Cave of the Apocalypse are part of Unesco's World Heritage List due to their outstanding universal value.Island PatmosThe Great Treasury of the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian is thegreatest museum in the Aegean. Some of the most precious artefacts ofthe Byzantine and post-Byzantine period are exhibited in two wings.These include documents, manuscripts and incunabula, icons andecclesiastical silver, vestments, wood carved ecclesiastical objects andfurniture, jewels and votives, classical and early-christianantiquities, as well as representative items from the vast Ottoman andSlavic collections of documents and art. The proceeds from the symbolicentrance fee and the purchasing of souvenirs, copies and books from theMuseum Shop contribute to the maintenance of the Museum and the RestorationLaboratories, in order to continue the tradition of the MonasticBrotherhood for the protection and the restoration of these treasures,which are deposited as votives by both famous and anonymous faithful, sothat future generations may appreciate this great ecumenical cultureand the legacy of Byzantium. ============================ Payment instructions · Paypal prefered. Sign up for PayPal; the fast, easy, and secure way to pay online. · For any questions about payment and shipping instruction please don't hesitate to be in contact with me · Payment must be sent in 1 - 7 days of the end of sale Shipping Instructions and Cost · Items will shipped in the next 1 - 5 days after receiving the payment· Items shipped WORLDWIDE with Standard (Regular) letter : 3.00$ (at your own risk) · Items shipped WORLDWIDE with Registered letter : 5.50$ · Items with total value more than 30.00$ shipped only with Registered letter : 5.50$ · Please don't ask unregistered shipping for total value > 30.00$. · The shipping cost for any additional with carts item won is : +0.50$.· Shipping Insurance can be added for some countries but not USA. · At the end of your purchases, please ask me for invoice. · Please don't send individual payments for each item. · Day of receiving depends from Countrie's Distance (2-15 working days). If you don't receive beetween this time the item please inform me imediatelly.

Price: 2.5 USD

Location: METAMORFOSI, ATTIKIS

End Time: 2024-09-28T17:50:16.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3 USD