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List of cave monasteries

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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

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Northeast Bulgaria

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  • 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

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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

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  • 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

See also

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References

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