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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.

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  Albania
  
  
  
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    Qafthanë Cave Church, cave church near Urakë, Albania.
  
  
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    St. Mary's Church, cave church in Maligrad, an island in the Prespa lake
  
  
  
  


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  Armenia
  
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    Geghard cave monastery/fortress
  
  


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  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
    
  
  
  
  


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  Ethiopia
  
  • Monolithic church
  
  


• Iraq
  
  
  
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    Rabban Hormizd Monastery, Alqosh
    
  
  
  • Mar Qayuma Monastery, Dooreh
    
  
  
  
  


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  France
  
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    Abbey of Saint-Roman, Beaucaire, Gard^[1]
    
  
  


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  Georgia
  
  
  
  • David Gareja monastery complex
  
  
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    Vanis Kvabebi cave monastery/fortress, Javakheti Plateau
    
  
  
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    Vardzia cave city and monastery
  
  
  
  


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  Hungary
  
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    Gellért Hill Cave chapels and monastery, Budapest
    
  
  


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  Macedonia
  
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    Kališta Monastery, Struga
    
  
  


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  Romania
  
  • Basarabi Cave Complex
  
  


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  Russia
  
  
  
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    Monastery of the Caves, Nizhny Novgorod
    
  
  
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    Pskov Cave Monastery, Pskov Oblast
    
  
  
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    Divnogorye and Saviour Convent, Voronezh Oblast
    
  
  
  
  


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  Serbia
  
  
  
  • Blagoveštenje
  
  
  • Crna Reka
  
  
  • Gornjak
  
  
  • Kađenica
  
  
  • Churches of Kovilje Monastery
    
  
  
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    Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, also known as the Cave Church, 14th-century church in Lukovo
    
  
  
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    Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, in Rsovci, where was painted a unique fresco of bald Jesus
    
  
  
  • Hermitage of St. Peter Koriški
  
  
  • Savina
  
  
  
  


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  Thailand
  
  
  
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    Wat Tham Khan, Sakon Nakhon province
    
  
  
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    Tiger Cave Temple (Wat Tam Sua), Krabi
    
  
  
  
  


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  Turkey
  
  
  
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    Cappadocia cave monasteries
  
  
  • Cave monastery of İnceğiz
  
  
  • Church of Saint Peter
  
  
  
  


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  Ukraine
  
  

  
  

  In the Kitaev Poustinia, Kiev

  
  
  
  
  
  
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    Assumption Cave Monastery and Inkerman Cave Monastery in the Crimea
    
  
  
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    Assumption Cave Monastery in Zymne, near Volodymyr-Volynskyi
    
  
  
  • Bakota Cave Monastery in Bakota, near Kamianets-Podilskyi
    
  
  
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    Kiev Pechersk Lavra and Eletsky Monastery
    
  
  
  
  

See also

• Indian rock-cut architecture


• Monolithic architecture


• Monolithic church

References

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  "Mysteries of caves in the Chernigov area", and article in Zerkalo Nedeli, (the Mirror Weekly), January, 2004, available online in Russian and in Ukrainian