Cave monastery in the context of "Monolithic church"

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⭐ Core Definition: Cave monastery

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.

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Cave monastery in the context of Inkerman Cave Monastery

The Inkerman Monastery of St. Clement (Russian: Инкерманский Свято-Климентовский пещерный монастырь, romanized: Inkermanskiy Svyato-Klimentovskiy peshchernyy monastyr'; Ukrainian: Інкерманський печерний монастир, romanized: Inkermanskyi pechernyi monastyr) is a cave monastery in a cliff rising near the mouth of the Black River, in the city of Inkerman, de facto administered as part of the sea port of Sevastopol but de jure belonging to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

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Cave monastery in the context of Kiev Caves Monastery

The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (Ukrainian: Києво-Печерська лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv.

Since its foundation as the cave monastery in 1051, the Lavra has been a preeminent center of Eastern Christianity in Eastern Europe.

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Cave monastery in the context of Vardzia

Vardzia (Georgian: ვარძია [vaɾdzia]) is a cave monastery site in southern Georgia, excavated from the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain on the left bank of the Kura River, thirty kilometres from Aspindza. The main period of construction was the second half of the twelfth century. The caves stretch along the cliff for some five hundred meters and in up to nineteen tiers. The monastery was an important cultural center, a place of significant literary and artistic work.

The Church of the Dormition, dating to the 1180s during the golden age of Tamar and Rustaveli, has an important series of wall paintings. The site was largely abandoned after the Ottoman takeover in the sixteenth century. Now part of a state heritage reserve, the extended area of Vardzia-Khertvisi has been submitted for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Inkerman Cave Monastery ← Kiev Caves Monastery ← Vardzia
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Vardzia → Georgia (country) → Monastery → Cave → Anthony the Great → Monasticism → Albania → Qafthanë Cave Church → Urakë → St. Mary's Church, Maligrad → Maligrad → Prespa → Armenia → Geghard → Bosnia and Herzegovina → Zavala monastery → Bulgaria → Aladzha Monastery → Albotin Monastery → Basarbovo Monastery → Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo → Provadia → Shumen → Tervel (town) → Egypt → Simon the Tanner → Ethiopia → Monolithic church → France → Abbey of Saint-Roman → Beaucaire, Gard → Gard → David Gareja monastery complex → Vanis Kvabebi → Javakheti Plateau → Greece → Meteora → Mount Athos → Karoulia → Hungary → Gellért Hill Cave → Budapest → Iraq → Rabban Hormizd Monastery → Alqosh → Dooreh, Iraq → Israel → Qumran Caves → Essenes → Montenegro → Ostrog Monastery → North Macedonia → Struga → Romania → Basarabi Cave Complex → Russia → Pechersky Ascension Monastery → Nizhny Novgorod → Pskov Monastery of the Caves → Pskov Oblast → Divnogorye → Voronezh Oblast → Serbia → Blagoveštenje monastery → Crna Reka Monastery → Gornjak monastery → Kađenica → Kovilje Monastery → Cave Church, Lukovo → Lukovo, Kuršumlija → Cave Church, Rsovci → Rsovci → Jesus → Hermitage of St. Peter Koriški → Savina monastery (Serbia) → Thailand → Sakon Nakhon province → Tiger Cave Temple → Amphoe Mueang Krabi → Turkey → Cappadocia → Cave monastery of İnceğiz → Church of Saint Peter → Ukraine → Bakhchysarai Cave Monastery → Crimea → Inkerman Cave Monastery → Zymne Monastery → Zymne → Volyn Oblast → Bakota, Ukraine → Khmelnytskyi Oblast → Kyiv Pechersk Lavra → Near Caves → Kyiv → Sviatohirsk Lavra → Sviatohirsk → Donetsk Oblast → Yeletskyi Monastery → Saint Anthony's Caves → Chernihiv →