St. Anne's Skete (Athos) |St. Anne's Skete| |Rank or attached
monastery||Great Lavra| |Type of community||Idiorrhythmic Skete|
|Approx. size||85 monks| |Location||Close to the cape of Mt
Athos| |Music used||Byzantine chant| |Feastdays celebrated||St
Anna| St. Anne's Skete (or, less commonly, The Major Skete of
St. Anne's) is one of four sketes attached to the Great Lavra of
Mount Athos. It is located near the cape of Mt. Athos, near
Little St. Anne's Skete. St Anne's Skete has the distinction of
being the largest and oldest skete of Mt. Athos and was founded
to preserve the left foot of St Anne, the Mother of the
Theotokos. There are 51 brotherhood houses at St. Anne's Skete,
inhabited by 85 monks. The houses each have different
handicrafts - some fishing, some gardening, others iconography,
wood carving, miniature art or incense. The main church was
built and frescoed in 1754, when it was dedicated to St. Anne.
The skete holds the relics of several martyrs of the Church. -
St. John the Baptist Skete, attache