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{{Athonitemonastery|
name=St. Anne's Skete|
rank=[[Great Lavra (Athos)|Great Lavra]]|
type=Idiorrhythmic Skete|
founded=~1686|
superior=''unknown''|
size=85 monks|
location=Close to the cape of Mt Athos|
language=Greek|
music=[[Byzantine chant]]|
feasts=[[July 25|St Anna]]|
}}
'''St. Anne's Skete''' (or, less commonly, ''The Major Skete of St. Anne's'') is one of four [[skete]]s attached to the [[Great Lavra (Athos)|Great Lavra]] of [[Mount Athos]]. It is located near the cape of Mt. Athos, near [[Little St. Anne's Skete (Athos)|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 [[Anna|St Anne]], the Mother of the [[Theotokos]].

There are 51 brotherhood houses at St. Anne's Skete, inhabited by 85 [[monk]]s.  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 [[martyr]]s of the Church.