Cave Galiivka
near the village of Galievka, Podgorensky district, Voronezh region
Description:
Cave Galievka is located near the village of the same name on the right bank of the Don River, in Bogucharsky district, Voronezh region. The cave was founded at the end of the XIX century by a blind monk Porphyry. It is assumed that the first underground premises were built at the end of the XVII century by the monks of Divnogorye.
The total length of the cave complex is about 150 meters. The complex consists of three tiers, the best preserved of them is the middle. In the lower tier there was a church room, in the corridors there are cutouts-kiots for icons, in remote places niches for relics have been preserved. Due to explosions to mine stone for the construction of a river dam, the cave in several places was destroyed.