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St. Anne's Skete (Athos)

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'''St. Anne's Skete''' (or, less commonly, ''The Major Skete of St. Anne's'') is one of four sketes [[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, and when it was dedicated to St AnnaAnne, and it holds the relics of several saintly martyrs [[martyr]]s of the Church.
==See also==

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