For other uses, see Apocalypse (disambiguation).

Apocalypse (Greek: Ἀποκάλυψις Apokálypsis; "lifting of the veil"), is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind. Today the term is often used to refer to the end of the world, which may be a shortening of the phrase apokalupsis eschaton which literally means "revelation at the end of the æon, or age".

Description	St. John at Patmos - Pine panel; Alte Pinakothek at Munich
Source	[1] - Photo by Carol Gerten-Jackson
Date	1518
Author	Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473-1531)

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