The Holy Cell of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, one of the oldest Sketes of Mount Athos dating to the middle of the 17th century, is located at the lower end of the southwestern side of Mount Athos.
It is built of stone and has the form of a settlement with huts scattered on the slope and with a central church, where the monks of the Skete meet in the Divine Liturgy. It, also, includes Small Saint Anna with the corresponding huts.
In the Skete of Saint Anna, the Holy Relic of Saint Anna, the mother of the Virgin Mary, the "Grandmother of Orthodoxy", as our Fathers call her, is preserved imperishable.
The Holy Cell of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary supplies our store with handmade Holy-bread seals, handicrafts with "Virgin Mary’s Tears", myrrh, perfumes, natural incense, frankincense, but also pharmaceutical products, such as beeswax ointments, soaps, etc.