Acave monastery is amonastery built incaves, with possible outside facilities. The 3rd-century monkSt. Anthony the Great, known as the founder of Christianmonasticism, lived in a cave.

• Albania
  • Qafthanë Cave Church, cave church nearUrakë
  • St. Mary's Church, cave church inMaligrad, an island in thePrespa lake
• Armenia
  • Geghard cave monastery/fortress
• Bulgaria
  • Aladzha Monastery
  • Albotin Monastery
  • Basarbovo Monastery
  • Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
  • Cave monasteries ofKrepcha
  • Monasteries ofProvadia
  • Cave monasteries on the Plateau ofShumen
  • Cave monasteries ofTervel
• Ethiopia
  • Monolithic church
• 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
• Greece
  • various cave hermitages atMeteora
  • various cave hermitages atMount Athos
    • caves atKaroulia
  • Monastery of Saint Mark, Petroussa [bg]
• Hungary
  • Gellért Hill Cave chapels and monastery,Budapest
• Iraq
  • Rabban Hormizd Monastery,Alqosh
  • Mar Qayuma Monastery,Dooreh
• Israel
  • Qumran Caves, once inhabited by theEssenes
• 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 andSaviour Convent,Voronezh Oblast
• Serbia
  • Blagoveštenje
  • Crna Reka
  • Gornjak
  • Kađenica
  • Churches ofKovilje Monastery
  • Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, also known as theCave Church, 14th-century church inLukovo
  • Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, inRsovci, where was painted a unique fresco of baldJesus
  • 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 andInkerman Cave Monastery in theCrimea
  • Assumption Cave Monastery inZymne, nearVolodymyr
  • Bakota Cave Monastery inBakota, nearKamianets-Podilskyi
  • Eletsky Monastery inChernihiv
  • Kyiv Pechersk Lavra andKytaiv Pustyn [uk],Kyiv

• Rock monasteries nearRuse
  • Basarbovo Monastery
  • Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
  • Great Nisovo Rock Monastery (Голям Нисовски скален манастир), nearNisovo village
  • Tabachka Cave Church, nearTabachka village
  • Rock monasteries nearCherven 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), nearKrepcha village
• Rock monasteries nearTervel
  • Rock monasteries nearBalik andOnogur 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“), nearBrestnitsa village
• Barbino Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Върбино“), nearVarbino village
• Haidushki Kashti Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Хайдушки къщи“), nearKolobar village

Rock monasteries situated in and around theProvadiya river valley:

• Rock monasteries on theShumen Plateau
  • Osmar monasteries, nearOsmar village
  • Trinity (Troitsa) monasteries, nearTroitsa village
  • Hankrumovski Monastery, nearHan Krum (Hankrum) village
  • Divdyadovski Monastery, nearDivdiyadovo village
  • a 14th-century rock-hewn church on the northwestern edge ofShumen city
• Rock monasteries nearNevsha
  • Gyurebahcha Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Гюребахча“)
• Petricha Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Петрича“), nearRazdelna, Varna Province
• Kisheshlika Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Кишешлика“), nearAvren, Varna Province
• Rock monasteries aroundProvadia
  • 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 nearPetrov 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“), nearBlaskovo village
  • Rojak rock monasteries: Dzheneviz Kanara Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Дженевиз канара“) or Golyamata Kanara Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Голямата канара“), nearRojak village
• Aladzha Monastery nearVarna

• St. Stefan Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Св. Стефан“),Nikopol
• Rock hermitages near theKrushuna Falls south ofKrushuna village
• St. Nicholas Rock Monastery (Gligora) (Скален манастир „Свети Никола“ (Глигора)), nearKarlukovo village
• St. Ivan Pusti Monastery (Манастир „Свети Иван Пусти”), nearBistrets, Vratsa Province
• Albotin Monastery, northwestern Bulgaria

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