Fresco at the Monastery of St John Patmos

A beautiful 18th-19th century fresco of the Virgin and Child, betraying a long and ancient tradition of Byzantine Greek religious painting, greets and humbles visitors and pilgrims as they enter the katholikon, the main church of the monastery of St. John the Divine in Patmos. At Peter Sommer Travels we are eager to include all layers of the Aegean's complex history in our cultural and archaeological cruises. Find out about our Cruising the Northern Dodecanese tour. Find out about our Cruising to the Cyclades Greek Islands Tour.