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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.
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
See also
References
Main topics Types and formation processes
Speleothems and
Speleogens (Cave formations) Dwellings Popular culture Incidents