Lakkoskiti

Lakkoskiti
Σκήτη Αγίου Δημητρίου or Λακκοσκήτη
Schitul Lacu
The Kyriakon of Lakkoskiti, i.e. the church of Saint Dimitrios, and an old cell a little higher, on the forested slope
Lakkoskiti is located in Mount Athos
Lakkoskiti
Location within Mount Athos
Monastery information
OrderGreek Orthodox
Site
LocationMount Athos
Greece Greece
Coordinates40°11′34.02″N 24°19′7.70″E / 40.1927833°N 24.3188056°E / 40.1927833; 24.3188056
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Lakkoskiti (Greek: Σκήτη Αγίου Δημητρίου or Λακκοσκήτη, Romanian: Schitul Lacu) is the short form name of a small "monastic village" of not more than 15 "huts" (houses) consisting the idiorrhythmic "skete of Agiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou". It is situated in the north foothills of Mount Athos, in Greece, in the Morfonou River valley and surrounded by a forest of chestnut trees. The summit of Antiathonas (1042 m) is located just to the southwest of the skete. Lakkoskiti is inhabited by Romanian monks.

Lakkoskiti belongs to Agiou Pavlou (Greek: Αγίου Παύλου, English: Saint Paul) Monastery. Spiritually, through its mother monastery, and like all the Athos peninsula, it is under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.