Skete of Saint Anne

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Skete of St Anne
Σκήτη Αγίας Άννας
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Location within Mount Athos
Monastery information
Order Greek Orthodox
Dedicated to Saint Anne
Site
Location Mount Athos
Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Coordinates 40°09′40″N24°17′25″E / 40.1611°N 24.2903°E / 40.1611; 24.2903
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The Skete of St Anne is a dependent idiorrhythmic (hermitage-style) skete, a monastic community attached to the more formalised Great Lavra in Mount Athos, Greece.

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It lies on the shore of the Aegean Sea about 800 metres from the New Skete.

The hamlet of Vouleftiria is located in the lower (western) part of the skete. [1]

History

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The kyriakon (central church) of the Skete of Saint Anne was built in 1680 when the skete was being enlarged by Patriarch Dionysius III of Constantinople. [2]

List of cells

List of cells and other buildings in Agia Anna Skete: [3]

Notable people

Namesakes

Centaurea sanctae-annae , a species of knapweed, is named after the skete. [4]

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Βουλευτήρια ΑΓΙΟ ΟΡΟΣ, Δήμος ΑΓΙΟ ΟΡΟΣ (Αυτοδιοίκητο)". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  2. ↑ Speake, Graham (2014). Mount Athos: renewal in paradise. Limni, Evia, Greece. p. 109. ISBN   978-960-7120-34-2. OCLC   903320491.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ Howorth, Peter (2022). Mount Athos: The Holy Mountain. Filathonites. ISBN   978-0-473-41386-6.
  4. ↑ Speake, Graham (2014). Mount Athos: renewal in paradise. Limni, Evia, Greece. p. 34. ISBN   978-960-7120-34-2. OCLC   903320491.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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