Agiou Pavlou Monastery

Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece

14th century illuminated manuscript Gospel Book

Lakkoskiti (, ) is the short name of a small monastic village of no more than 15 houses consisting of 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 southwest of the skete. Lakkoskiti is inhabited by Romanian monks.

Christian monastic community in Greece