# 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
* 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
* 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
** 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 the Essenes
* 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 (Wat Tam Sua), Krabi
* Turkey
** Cappadocia cave monasteries
** Cave monastery of İnceğiz
** Church of Saint Peter
* Ukraine A cell in the caves of Kytaiv Pustyn monastery
** Assumption Cave Monastery and Inkerman Cave Monastery in the Crimea
** Assumption Cave Monastery in Zymne, near Volodymyr
** Bakota Cave Monastery in Bakota, near Kamianets-Podilskyi
** Eletsky Monastery in Chernihiv
** Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and Kytaiv Pustyn [uk], Kyiv

## In Bulgaria
### Northeast Bulgaria

* Rock monasteries near Ruse
** Basarbovo Monastery
** Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
** Great Nisovo Rock Monastery (Голям Нисовски скален манастир), near Nisovo village
** Tabachka Cave Church, near Tabachka village
** Rock monasteries near Cherven 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), near Krepcha village
* Rock monasteries near Tervel
** Rock monasteries near Balik and Onogur 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“), near Brestnitsa village
* Barbino Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Върбино“), near Varbino village
* Haidushki Kashti Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Хайдушки къщи“), near Kolobar village

### Provadiya river valley

Rock monasteries situated in and around the Provadiya river valley:
* Rock monasteries on the Shumen Plateau
** Osmar monasteries, near Osmar village
** Trinity (Troitsa) monasteries, near Troitsa village
** Hankrumovski Monastery, near Han Krum (Hankrum) 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 (Скален манастир „Гюребахча“)
* Petricha Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Петрича“), near Razdelna, Varna Province
* Kisheshlika Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Кишешлика“), near Avren, Varna Province
* Rock monasteries around Provadia
** 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 near Petrov 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“), near Blaskovo village
** Rojak rock monasteries: Dzheneviz Kanara Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Дженевиз канара“) or Golyamata Kanara Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Голямата канара“), near Rojak village
* Aladzha Monastery near Varna

### Others

* St. Stefan Rock Monastery (Скален манастир „Св. Стефан“), Nikopol
* Rock hermitages near the Krushuna Falls south of Krushuna village
* St. Nicholas Rock Monastery (Gligora) (Скален манастир „Свети Никола“ (Глигора)), near Karlukovo village
* St. Ivan Pusti Monastery (Манастир „Свети Иван Пусти”), near Bistrets, Vratsa Province
* Albotin Monastery, northwestern Bulgaria