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 | |
Location within Mount Athos | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Greek Orthodox |
| Site | |
| Location | Mount Athos Greece |
| Coordinates | 40°11′34.02″N 24°19′7.70″E / 40.1927833°N 24.3188056°E |
| Public access | Men only |
Lakkoskiti (Greek: Σκήτη Αγίου Δημητρίου or Λακκοσκήτη, Romanian: Schitul Lacu) 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.
Lakkoskiti belongs to Agiou Pavlou (Greek: Αγίου Παύλου, English: Saint Paul) Monastery. Spiritually, through its mother monastery, and like the entire Athos peninsula, it is under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.