List of cave monasteries
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
- St. Mary's Church, Maligrad, cave monastery in Maligrad, an island in the Prespa lake.
- Armenia
- Geghard cave monastery/fortress
- Bulgaria
- Aladzha Monastery
- Albotin Monastery
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Basarbovo Monastery
- Cave monasteries of Krepcha (bg)
- Monasteries of Provadia
- Cave monasteries on the Plateau of Shumen
- Cave monasteries of Tervel
- Ethiopia
- France
- Abbey of Saint-Roman (Abbaye de Saint-Roman), Beaucaire, Gard [1]
- Georgia
- David Gareja monastery complex
- Vardzia cave city and monastery,
- Vanis Kvabebi cave monastery/fortress, Javakheti Plateau
- Hungary
- Gellért Hill Cave chapels and monastery, Budapest.
- Macedonia
- Serbia (See List of Serbian monasteries)
- Blagoveštenje
- Crna Reka
- 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 unique fresco of bald Jesus
- Hermitage of St. Peter Koriški
- Gornjak
- Kađenica
- Savina
- Monastery of St. Peter
- Churches of Kovilje Monastery
- Romania
- Russia
- Thailand
- Tiger Cave Temple (Wat Tam Sua), Krabi
- Wat Tham Khan, Sakon Nakhon province
- Turkey
- Cappadocia cave monasteries
- Ukraine
- Assumption Cave Monastery and Inkerman Cave Monastery in the Crimea
- Kiev Pechersk Lavra and Eletsky Monastery
- Assumption Cave Monastery in Zymne near Volodymyr-Volynskyi
- Bakota Cave Monstary in Bakota near Kamianets-Podilskyi
See also
References
- "Mysteries of caves in the Chernigov area", and article in Zerkalo Nedeli, (the Mirror Weekly), January, 2004, available online in Russian and in Ukrainian.
- Abbey of Saint-Roman website.
