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
Qafthanë Cave Church, cave church near Urakë, Albania.
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
- Iraq
Rabban Hormizd Monastery, Alqosh
- Mar Qayuma Monastery, Dooreh
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
Hungary
Gellért Hill Cave chapels and monastery, Budapest
Macedonia
Kališta Monastery, Struga
Romania
- Basarabi Cave Complex
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
Assumption Cave Monastery and Inkerman Cave Monastery in the Crimea
Assumption Cave Monastery in Zymne, near Volodymyr-Volynskyi
- Bakota Cave Monastery in Bakota, near Kamianets-Podilskyi
Kiev Pechersk Lavra and Eletsky Monastery
See also
- Indian rock-cut architecture
- Monolithic architecture
- Monolithic church
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 Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine