St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery (Florence, Arizona)

St Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the Sonoran Desert outside Florence, Arizona. It was established in 1995 in the name of Saint Anthony the Great and is the largest Orthodox monastic complex in the Western Hemisphere, with about 50 monks in residence as of 2021. The grounds hold a church dedicated to Saint Anthony, seven chapels, a central courtyard and a bookshop. The monastery admits both Orthodox and non-Orthodox visitors, and pilgrims may arrange to stay in its guest facilities. Visitors are required to observe rules of conduct, among them refraining from speaking loudly and from smoking, and wearing modest, loose-fitting clothing with shoes or sandals.

Where it is

St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery (Florence, Arizona) is a historic site near Florence, in Pinal County. It is one of the historic sites in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery (Florence, Arizona), so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

• Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
• Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
• County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
• Official site: http://stanthonysmonastery.org(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.