Christian monasteries established in the 4th century

town, monastery complex and Christian pilgrimage center in Late Antique Egypt. WHS#90

250px|thumb|Plan of Geghard, with identification of the main structures. Geghard (, meaning "spear") is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with enhanced protection status.

Greek Orthodox monastery and Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey

Monastery in Egypt

monastery in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan

oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world

former Armenian monastery in Turkey

Monastery in Iraq

monastery in Mardin, Turkey

Monastery in Egypt

monastery

Monastery of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria located in Egypt

syriac Catholic Monastery in Iraq

Katarovank (; ) is an Armenian Apostolic monastery in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. It is located close to the village of Hin Tagher (Köhnə Tağlar). The monastery was founded in the 4th century, but the present structure was completed in the 17th century.

monastery on a hill in Cyprus

early monastery outside Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France

Monastery of St. Pshoi near Sohag, Egypt

building in Egypt

monastery in Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey

monastery in Peloponnese, Greece

Bagavan (also spelled Bagawan; ) was an ancient locality in the central part of Armenia in the principality of Bagrevand. The site is located in the village of Taşteker to the west of modern Diyadin, Turkey. Situated on a tributary of the Euphrates at the foothills of Mount Npat, to the north of Lake Van, Bagavan held one of the major temples of pre-Christian Armenia. After the Christianization of Armenia, Bagavan became the site of a large church and monastery. Pillaged in 1877 by the Kurds, it was completely destroyed after 1915 during the Armenian genocide.

thumb|right|Fragment of a mural from Bawit thumb|right|Detail of Christ from the Icon of Christ and Abbot Mena Bawit ( Bāwīṭ; Coptic: ⲡⲁⲩⲏⲧ Pavēt) is an archaeological site located north of Asyut, near the village of Dashlout, in Egypt. It covers an area of , and houses a cemetery and the ruins of the Hermopolite monastery of Apa Apollo founded by Apollo in the late fourth century. The structures on this site are relatively well preserved, and demonstrate different aspects of a monastic complex of Middle Egypt.

Pbow was a cenobitic monastery established by St. Pachomius in 336-337 AD. Pbow is about north of Luxor in modern Upper Egypt. It was one of the nine Pachomian monasteries.

Armenian monastery in Turkey

Armenian monastery in Turkey

Benedictine monastery in Ligugé, France

former christian monastery in Turkey