Trinity Skete, Orthodox skete on Anzersky Island, Russia

Trinity Skete is a monastic complex on Anzersky Island whose stone Trinity Church, rebuilt in 1880–1884 to a design by Arkhangelsk architect G. Vvedensky, stands beside a two-storey stone brethren's wing with a bell tower added in 1803. A wooden church of Zosima and Savvaty was built in 1729–1730, and a wooden chapel of the Znamenie icon once stood over the canal.

Founded in 1620 by the monk Eleazar with a charter from Patriarch Filaret, the skete received a wooden church consecrated in 1621. Tsar Michael I granted it independence in 1633, but after supporting the Solovetsky uprising it lost that status in 1682. In 1924 it became the administrative centre of the Anzer branch of the Solovetsky labour camp; monastic life resumed in 2001.

Monks living here structure their days around prayers, manual work, and communal activities that follow Orthodox monastic rules established centuries ago. Visitors can observe this daily rhythm and understand how the community organizes its spiritual life within the skete.

Access is by boat from main Solovetsky Island, with guided tours available to explore the complex. Expect rough weather at any time of year and bring appropriate clothing, as the island sits in a far northern location.

The skete's monks once lived in separate cells a verst apart, gathering in church only on Sundays and major feasts. Under Eleazar each monk daily read canons, 600 Jesus prayers and made 300 prostrations. Future patriarch Nikon took vows here in 1635, quarrelled with Eleazar and fled, yet later won the community higher tsarist allowances.