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 Christian 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
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- *Zavala monastery
- 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
- Egypt
- *St. Simon the Tanner Monastery
- Ethiopia
- *Monolithic church
- France
- *Abbey of Saint-Roman, Beaucaire, Gard
- 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
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- 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
- Montenegro
- *Ostrog Monastery
- 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, Krabi
- Turkey
- *Cappadocia cave monasteries
- *Cave monastery of İnceğiz
- *Church of Saint Peter
- Ukraine
- *Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery in Crimea
- * in Crimea
- * in Crimea
- *Inkerman Cave Monastery in Crimea
- *Assumption Cave Monastery in Zymne, Volyn Oblast
- * Bakota Cave Monastery in Bakota, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- * in Crimea
- * Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv
- * in Kyiv
- * in Crimea
- * Sviatohirsk Lavra in Sviatohirsk, Donetsk Oblast
- * Yeletskyi Monastery in Chernihiv
In Bulgaria
Northeast Bulgaria
- Rock monasteries near Ruse
- *Basarbovo Monastery
- *Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- *Great Nisovo Rock Monastery, near Nisovo village
- *Tabachka Cave Church, near Tabachka village
- *Rock monasteries near Ruse Province|Cherven] village
- **Malkiya Rai Rock Monastery
- **Koshuta Rock Monastery
- **Golemiya Rai Rock Monastery
- **Moskov Dol Rock Church
- *Krepcha Rock Monastery, near Krepcha village
- Rock monasteries near Tervel
- *Rock monasteries near Balik and Onogur villages
- **Asar Evleri Rock Monastery
- **Gyaur Evleri Rock Monastery
- **Sandakli Maara Rock Monastery
- **Tarapanata Rock Monastery
- *Valchanova Staya Rock Hermitage, near Brestnitsa village
- Varbino Rock Monastery, near Varbino village
- Haidushki Kashti Rock Monastery, near Kolobar village
Provadiya river valley
Rock monasteries situated in and around the Provadiya river valley:- Rock monasteries on the Shumen Plateau [Nature Park |Shumen Plateau]
- *Osmar monasteries, near Osmar village
- *Trinity monasteries, near Troitsa, [Shumen Province|Troitsa] village
- *Hankrumovski Monastery, near Han Krum 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
- Petricha Rock Monastery, near Varna Province">Varna, Bulgaria">Varna Province
- Kisheshlika Rock Monastery, near Avren, Varna Province
- Rock monasteries around Provadia
- *Shashkanite Rock Monastery
- *Chukara Rock Monastery
- *Holy Archangel Gabriel Rock Chapel
- *Sara Kaya Rock Monastery
- *Kara Cave Rock Monastery, just north of Manastir village
- *Rock monasteries near Petrov Dol village
- **St. George Rock Monastery
- **Golyamata / Big Rock Monastery
- **Gradishte Rock Monastery
- *Tapanite Rock Monastery, near Blaskovo village
- *Rojak rock monasteries: Dzheneviz Kanara Rock Monastery or Golyamata Kanara Rock Monastery, near Rojak village
- Aladzha Monastery near Varna
Others
- St. Stefan Rock Monastery, Nikopol
- Rock hermitages near the Krushuna Falls south of Krushuna village
- St. Nicholas Rock Monastery , near Karlukovo village
- St. Ivan Pusti Monastery, near Bistrets, Vratsa Province
- Albotin Monastery, northwestern Bulgaria