A cave monastery is a monastery built in caves, with possible outside facilities. The 3rd-century monk St. Antony the Great, known as the founder of 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 * 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