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
- France
- 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
- 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
- Romania
- Russia
- 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, Kyiv
In Bulgaria edit
Northeast Bulgaria edit
- 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
- Rock monasteries near Balik and Onogur villages
- Barbino Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Върбино“), near Varbino village
- Haidushki Kashti Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Хайдушки къщи“), near Kolobar village
Provadiya river valley edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
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References edit
- ^ Abbey of Saint-Roman Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- "Mysteries of caves in the Chernihiv area", and article in Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, (the Mirror Weekly), January, 2004, available online in Russian and in Ukrainian