List of cave monasteries

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Vardzia Cave Monastery (Georgia)

A cave monastery is a monastery built in caves, with possible outside facilities. The 3rd-century monk St. Anthony the Great, known as the founder of monasticism, lived in a cave.

* Albania
* Qafthanë Cave Church, cave church near Urakë
* St. Mary's Church, cave church in Maligrad, an island in the Prespa lake
* Armenia
* Geghard cave monastery/fortress
* Bulgaria
* Aladzha Monastery
* Albotin Monastery
* Basarbovo Monastery
* Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
* Cave monasteries of Krepcha
* Monasteries of Provadia
* Cave monasteries on the Plateau of Shumen
* Cave monasteries of Tervel
* Ethiopia
* Monolithic church
* France
* Abbey of Saint-Roman, Beaucaire, Gard[1]
* Georgia
* David Gareja monastery complex
* Vanis Kvabebi cave monastery/fortress, Javakheti Plateau
* Vardzia cave city and monastery
* Greece
* various cave hermitages at Meteora
* various cave hermitages at Mount Athos
* caves at Karoulia
* Monastery of Saint Mark, Petroussa (bg)
* Hungary
* Gellért Hill Cave chapels and monastery, Budapest
* Iraq
* Rabban Hormizd Monastery, Alqosh
* Mar Qayuma Monastery, Dooreh
* Israel
* Qumran Caves, once inhabited by the Essenes
* North Macedonia
* Kališta Monastery, Struga
* Romania
* Basarabi Cave Complex
* Corbii de Piatră
* Nămăiești
* Russia
* Monastery of the Caves, Nizhny Novgorod
* Pskov Cave Monastery, Pskov Oblast
* Divnogorye and Saviour Convent, Voronezh Oblast
* Serbia
* Blagoveštenje
* Crna Reka
* Gornjak
* Kađenica
* Churches of Kovilje Monastery
* Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, also known as the Cave Church, 14th-century church in Lukovo
* Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, in Rsovci, where was painted a unique fresco of bald Jesus
* Hermitage of St. Peter Koriški
* Savina
* Thailand
* Wat Tham Khan, Sakon Nakhon province
* Tiger Cave Temple (Wat Tam Sua), Krabi
* Turkey
* Cappadocia cave monasteries
* Cave monastery of İnceğiz
* Church of Saint Peter
* Ukraine

A cell in the caves of Kytaiv Pustyn monastery

* Assumption Cave Monastery and Inkerman Cave Monastery in the Crimea
* Assumption Cave Monastery in Zymne, near Volodymyr
* Bakota Cave Monastery in Bakota, near Kamianets-Podilskyi
* Eletsky Monastery in Chernihiv
* Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and Kytaiv Pustyn (uk), Kyiv

## Contents

* 1 In Bulgaria
* 1.1 Northeast Bulgaria
* 1.2 Provadiya river valley
* 1.3 Others
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## In Bulgaria

### Northeast Bulgaria

* Rock monasteries near Ruse
* Basarbovo Monastery
* Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
* Great Nisovo Rock Monastery (Голям Нисовски скален манастир), near Nisovo village
* Tabachka Cave Church, near Tabachka village
* Rock monasteries near Cherven village
* Malkiya Rai Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Малкия Рай“)
* Koshuta Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Кошута“)
* Golemiya Rai Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Големия рай“)
* Moskov Dol Rock Church (Скална църква „Москов Дол“)
* Krepcha Rock Monastery (Крепченски скален манастир), near Krepcha village
* Rock monasteries near Tervel
* Rock monasteries near Balik and Onogur villages
* Asar Evleri Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Асар евлери“)
* Gyaur Evleri Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Гяур евлери“)
* Sandakli Maara Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Сандъкли маара“)
* Tarapanata Rock Monastery (Скална обител „Тарапаната“)
* Valchanova Staya Rock Hermitage (Скален скит „Вълчанова стая“), near Brestnitsa village
* Barbino Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Върбино“), near Varbino village
* Haidushki Kashti Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Хайдушки къщи“), near Kolobar village

### Provadiya river valley

Rock monasteries situated in and around the Provadiya river valley:

* Rock monasteries on the Shumen Plateau
* Osmar monasteries, near Osmar village
* Trinity (Troitsa) monasteries, near Troitsa village
* Hankrumovski Monastery, near Han Krum (Hankrum) village
* Divdyadovski Monastery, near Divdiyadovo village
* a 14th-century rock-hewn church on the northwestern edge of Shumen city
* Rock monasteries near Nevsha
* Gyurebahcha Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Гюребахча“)
* Petricha Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Петрича“), near Razdelna, Varna Province
* Kisheshlika Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Кишешлика“), near Avren, Varna Province
* Rock monasteries around Provadia
* Shashkanite Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Шашкъните“)
* Chukara Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Чукара“)
* Holy Archangel Gabriel Rock Chapel (Скален параклис „Св. Архангел Гавраил“)
* Sara Kaya Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Саръ кая“)
* Kara Cave Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Кара пещера“), just north of Manastir village
* Rock monasteries near Petrov Dol village
* St. George Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Свети Георги“)
* Golyamata / Big Rock Monastery (Seven Chambers / Hodaviah) (Скален манастир „Голямата канара“)
* Gradishte Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Градище“)
* Tapanite Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Тъпаните“), near Blaskovo village
* Rojak rock monasteries: Dzheneviz Kanara Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Дженевиз канара“) or Golyamata Kanara Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Голямата канара“), near Rojak village
* Aladzha Monastery near Varna

### Others

* St. Stefan Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Св. Стефан“), Nikopol
* Rock hermitages near the Krushuna Falls south of Krushuna village
* St. Nicholas Rock Monastery (Gligora) (Скален манастир „Свети Никола“ (Глигора)), near Karlukovo village
* St. Ivan Pusti Monastery (Манастир „Свети Иван Пусти”), near Bistrets, Vratsa Province
* Albotin Monastery, northwestern Bulgaria

## See also

* Indian rock-cut architecture
* Monolithic architecture
* Monolithic church

## References

1. ↑ Abbey of Saint-Roman

* "Mysteries of caves in the Chernihiv area", and article in Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, (the Mirror Weekly), January, 2004, available online in Russian and in Ukrainian

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