Cave monastery

A cave monastery is basically a monastery Monastery

Monastery, a term derived from the Greek [i] word ??ast????? monasterion, denotes the ... 

 built in cave Cave

A cave is a natural underground void large enough for an adult human to enter.... 

s, with possible outside facilities.

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A cave monastery is basically a monastery Monastery

Monastery, a term derived from the Greek [i] word ??ast????? monasterion, denotes the ... 

 built in cave Cave

A cave is a natural underground void large enough for an adult human to enter.... 

s, with possible outside facilities.

List of cave monasteries

• Armenia Armenia
  
  Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked [i] mountainous country in the South ... 
  
  
• Geghard Geghard
  
  The monastery [i] of Geghard is a unique architectural construction in the Kotayk [i] province o ... 
  
   cave monastery/fortress
• Bulgaria Bulgaria
  
  Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in Southeastern Europe [i].... 
  
  
• Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
  
  The Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo are a group of monolithic church [i]es, chapel [i]s and monasteries [i]... 
  
  
• Aladzha Monastery Aladzha Monastery
  
  Aladzha Monastery is a cave monastery [i] is situated a few kilometers south of the Riviera Holiday Club [i]... 
  
  
• Georgia Georgia
  
  Georgia may mean:
• Georgia [i], a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia: **Formerly ... 
  
  
• Vardzia Vardzia
  
  Cave City of Vardzia is a cave monastery [i] dug into the side of the Erusheli [i] mountain in south Georgia [i] ... 
  
   cave city and monastery,
• Vanis Kvabebi Vanis Kvabebi
  
  Vanis Kvabebi is a cave monastery [i] in mountain region in south Georgia [i] near Aspindza [i] ... 
  
   cave monastery/fortress, Javakheti Plateau
• Russia Russia
  
  Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 
  
  
• Pskov Cave Monastery Pskovo-Pechorsky Monastery
  
  Pskovo-Pechorsky Monastery or The Holy Dormition Pskovo-Pechersky monastery is a male monastery [i] ... 
  
  , Pskov Oblast Pskov Oblast
  
  Pskov Oblast is a federal subject [i] of Russia [i]. ... 
  
  
• Thailand Thailand
  
  The Kingdom of Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia [i], bordering Laos [i] and Cambodia [i] to the e ... 
  
  
• Tiger Cave Monastery , Krabi Amphoe Mueang Krabi
  
  Krabi is the capital district of Krabi Province [i] in southern Thailand [i]. ... 
  
  
• Turkey Turkey
  
  Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasia [i]n country that stretches across the Anatolia [i] ... 
  
  
• Cappadocia Cappadocia
  
  In ancient geography, Cappadocia was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor [i]. ... 
  
   cave monasteries
• Ukraine Ukraine
  
  Ukraine is a country [i] in Eastern Europe [i]. ... 
  
  
• Assumption Cave Monastery Uspensky Cave Monastery
  
  The Assumption Monastery of the Caves is located in Crimea [i], Ukraine [i], near Bakhchisaray [i]. ... 
  
   and St. Clement Monastery, Inkerman, Crimea Inkerman
  
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Inkerman, also sometimes transliterated as Inkermann, is a city in Crimea [i], Ukraine [i]. ... 

• • Kiev Pechersk Lavra Kiev Pechersk Lavra
    
    Kiev Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Kiev Caves Lavra, is an ancient cave monastery [i] in Kiev [i] ... 
    
     and Eletsky Monastery Chernihiv
    
    Chernihiv is an ancient city in northern Ukraine [i]. ... 
    
    
  • Assumption Cave Monastery Zymne Monastery
    
    The Uspensky Svyatogorsky Monastery is a stauropegial [i] Ukrainian Orthodox [i] cave monastery [i], loc ... 
    
     in Zymne Zymne Monastery
    
    The Uspensky Svyatogorsky Monastery is a stauropegial [i] Ukrainian Orthodox [i] cave monastery [i], loc ... 
    
     near Volodymyr-Volynskyi Volodymyr-Volynskyi
    
    Volodymyr-Volynskyi is a historic city [i] located in the Volyn Oblast [i], in north-western Ukraine [i] ... 
    
    
    

See also

• Monolithic church Monolithic church
  
  A monolithic church or rock-hewn church is a church [i] made from a single block of stone [i] ... 
  
  
  

References

• "Misteries of caves in the Chernigov area", and article in Zerkalo Nedeli Zerkalo Nedeli
  
  Zerkalo Nedeli, usually referred to in English as the Mirror Weekly, is one of Ukraine [i] ... 
  
  , , January, 2004, available online and .
  

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