St. Anne Skete

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St. Anne Skete is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its ascetic tradition and devotion to Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox monastic community
skete
associatedWith Greek Orthodox Church
continent Europe
country Greece
dedicatedTo Saint Anne
devotionalFocus mother of the Virgin Mary
followsCalendar Julian calendar
surface form: Julian calendar (Old Calendar)
governedBy Athonite monastic communities
surface form: Holy Community of Mount Athos
hasEconomicActivity production of handicrafts
sale of religious items to pilgrims
hasFeature cells scattered on steep terrain
central church (katholikon)
chapels
hermitages
hasGenderRestriction male-only monastic community
hasLiturgicalMusicTradition Byzantine chant
hasReligiousTradition asceticism
hesychasm
hasSpiritualFocus inner prayer
obedience
repentance
hasTypeOfBuilding monastic cells
refectory
workshops
knownFor Byzantine chant
ascetic tradition
handicrafts
iconography
strict monastic life
languageOfLiturgy Greek
locatedIn Mount Athos
locatedInBodyOfWater Aegean Sea
locatedInCountry Greece
locatedInRegion Chalkidiki Peninsula
surface form: Chalkidiki
monasticRule cenobitic and idiorrhythmic elements
observesPractice fasting
unceasing prayer
veneration of relics
parentMonastery Great Lavra
surface form: Great Lavra Monastery
partOf Orthodox monasticism
Mount Athos
surface form: monastic republic of Mount Athos
pilgrimageSiteFor Orthodox Christians
primaryReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
religiousAffiliation Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
subjectTo avaton (ban on women on Mount Athos)
veneratedSaint Saint Anne
Virgin Mary

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Mount Athos hasMonastery St. Anne Skete