Katounakia

Katounakia (Greek: Σκήτη Κατουνάκια) is an Eastern Orthodox skete of the community of Mount Athos that is subordinate to the Great Lavra.

The cell of Danieleon, which employs some of the best icon painters at Mount Athos, is located in the skete.

In 1881, St. Daniel Katounakiotis of Smyrna built his hut in Katounakia, which was the foundation for the present-day hermitage of the brotherhood of the Danielaeans.

[5] Katounakia's largest cell, Danieleon [el], belongs to a brotherhood of Athonite icon painters and psalters.

Daniel Katounakiotis, the monks Ignatius the Blind (d. 1927), Callinicos the Hesychast (d. 1930; also known as Kallinakos the Vigilant), and Gerasimos Menaios (d. 1957) also lived in Katounakia during the 20th century.