"John, to the seven churches of Asia: grace and peace to you from him [He] who is, who was, and who is to come" (Rev 1:4). In the book of Revelation, St. John was commanded to write letters to seven Christian communities in Asia Minor: EEphesus LLaodicea PPergamum / Pergamos PPhiladelphia SSardis SSmyrna TThyatira
Island of Patmos St. John was exiled to the island of Patmos because of his apostolic activity. PPatmos "I, John, your brother and partner in hardships, in the kingdom and in perseverance in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos on account of the Word of God and of witness to Jesus..." (Rev 1:9). Patmos is an island off the coast of Turkey, thirty-five miles from the city of Miletus on the coast. It is a rocky, crescent shaped, volcanic island ten miles long and six miles wide at its widest point.
