New Skete (Athos)

New Skete on Mount Athos is one of two sketes attached to 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-independent residences. Their handicraft is iconography, wood carving and farming.
In addition to relics, 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.
==See also==
===Internal links===
*St. Dimitrius' Skete, also attached to St. Paul's Monastery.
*Elder Joseph the Hesychast, who lived with his brotherhood until his repose in 1959 in a cell near New Skete.
*Other elders and righteous monks who lived in New Skete.
===External link===
*Athos monasteries: New Skete
Category:Monasteries
Category:Greek Monasteries
Category:Athonite Monasteries
Category:Sketes