Saint Anthony the Great Orthodox Monastery was founded in 1983 as a monastery for men, with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Nektary of Seattle (Vicar Bishop to St John Maximovich and later to Archbishop Anthony of San Francisco). The monastery is located in central Phoenix AZ and is custodian of the miracle-working "Phoenix-Bogorodskoe" Icon of the Theotokos. The monastery has numerous holy relics, is collecting a library of Byzant. studies; has 2 priests,2 subdeacons,and a reader attached. Visits by appt
