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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 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, and it holds the relics of several saintly [[martyr]]s of the Church. ==See also=====Internal links===*[[St. John the Baptist Skete (Athos)|St. John the Baptist Skete]], attached to the Great Lavra.*[[Kavsokalyvia Skete (Athos)|Kavsokalyvia Skete]], attached to the Great Lavra.*[[Little St. Anne's Skete (Athos)|St. Anne's Skete]], attached to the Great Lavra.*[[Gerasimos (Papadopoulos) of Abydos|Gerasimos of Abydos]], on Mt Athos between 1928 and 1934, lived at St Anne's and was tonsured by Father [[Chrysostomos (Kartsonas)]]. ===External link===*[http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/Athos/Monastery/skete_StAnneMajor.html Athos monasteries: The Minor Skete of Saint Anne] [[Category: Monasteries]][[Category: Greek Monasteries]][[Category: Athonite Monasteries]][[Category: Sketes]]LOL INTERNET
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