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'''New Skete''' on [[Mount Athos]] is one of two sketes attached to [[St. Paul's Monastery (Athos)|St. Paul's Monastery]]. It is located between St. Paul's [[Monastery ]] and St. Anne's Skete. In 1760, the central [[church ]] of the skete was built and dedicated to the Nativity of the Theotokos.
The Skete contains 40 fathers in 28 semi-independant residences. Their handicraft is iconography, wood carving and farming.
In addition to [[relicrelics]]s, the monastery possesses a library of 200 manuscripts and 500 old printed books.
There have been speculations that New Skete is on the site of what used to be a city; these speculations have been supported by many graves, coins and artifacts being found there.
===Internal links===
*[[St. Dimitrius' Skete (Athos)|St. Dimitrius' Skete]], also attached to St. Paul's Monastery.
*[[Joseph (Spilaiotis)|Elder Joseph the Hesychast]], who lived with his brotherhood until his repose in 1959in a cell near New Skete.*[[New Skete Fathers (Athos)|Other elders and righteous monks who lived in New Skete]].
===External link===
*[http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/Athos/Monastery/skete_NewSkete.html Athos monasteries: New Skete]
[[Category: Monasteries]][[Category: Greek Monasteries]][[Category: Athonite Monasteries]][[Category: Sketes]]
