ST. JOHN PRODROMOS MONASTERY (Kazimir Popkonstantinov, Rossina Kostova – korina68bg@yahoo.com, Milen Nikolov) The Mediaeval St. John Prodromos Monastery had covered an area of c. 0.6 ha. The entryway from the southern harbor of the island towards the monastery was a passage, 3 m wide and 5 m long. Sherds from amphorae of the 5th – 6th centuries AD and from pottery of the 15th – 16th centuries were discovered. Two marble fragments from the Byzantine funerary inscription of Andronikos Palaiologos were discovered to the west of the cookhouse. The inscription was found during the 1980s in the Mediaeval three-conch church. The funerary slab covered a grave and subsequently it was reused as a base of an altar table. The new fragments from the inscription mentioned the family Komnenoi. Two foundations of buildings were discovered to the west of the cookhouse and a grave was explored between them. The top stratum contained sherds of the 15th – 16th centuries, while sherds of the 11th – 12th centuries and the 5th – 6th centuries AD were found beneath. A layer containing burned timber, roof-tiles, part of the collapsed arch that supported the second floor and sherds of the 15th – 17th centuries was discovered in the eastern part of the refectory. A stratum of the 12th – 13th centuries, containing sherds from luxurious pottery of the Iznik Type, was documented in the building in the southern wing of the monastery. Sherds of the 5th – 6th centuries AD and a large marble vessel with two handles were discovered beneath.