Skete of Saint Anne

Skete of St Anne
Monastery information
Σκήτη Αγίας Άννας
Location within Mount Athos
Order	Greek Orthodox
Dedicated to	St Anne
Site
Location	Mount Athos Greece
Coordinates	40°09′40″N 24°17′25″E / 40.1611°N 24.2903°E / 40.1611; 24.2903
Public access	Men only

The Skete of St Anne is a dependent idiorrhythmic (hermitage-style) skete, a monastic community attached to the more formalised Great Lavra Monastery in Mount Athos, Greece.

It lies on the shore of the Aegean Sea about 800 metres from the New Skete.

References

Monasteries of Mount Athos (by precedence)

Great Lavra Vatopedi Iviron Hilandar Dionysiou Koutloumousiou Pantokratoros Xeropotamou Zograf Docheiariou Karakallou Philotheou Simonopetra Agiou Pavlou Stavronikita Xenophontos Osiou Gregoriou Esphigmenou St. Panteleimon Konstamonitou

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