Typically, the '''skete''' style of community in its earliest form had a small [[chapel ]] surrounded by [[monastic ]] kellia or cells where the monks [[monk]]s lived and did their private rule of prayers [[prayer]]s or cell rule, and some handiwork. A spiritual father or [[abbot ]] guided the spiritual endeavors of the monks of this community. {{stub}} ==Source==*[http://www.skete.com/about_community.cfm Skete.com: About Us] ==See also==*[[Monastery]]*[[Mount Athos]] [[Category:Monasteries]]