Author(s): Hasan BUYRUK
Ac?su Cave Church is on the south of Bulancak province, 2 kilometers far from the city center. The church is in a nuts yard on the west of ncüvez River and the road to Erdoan village from Bulancak. The cave church in Bulancak on which the reexists no more one scientific study is named after the source of mineral water near the cave. The church is also named as “Horse Cave” and “ Ac?su Cave”. The church which does not have any inscription on or near it has been built two floors by carving the rocky area on the westside of the yard. The first or the entrance floor of the church is built by carving the rocks of three edges of the chapel appearance with abscissa in each part; the upper floor consists of a rectangular area and a smallen kleistra near it. There exists no trace of ladder reaching the upper part either from inside or outside. In this article, the church and the place of reclusion or enkleistra were studied in details, and the plans of it were drawn. We aimed to date the church by comparing it to the similar ones in the region and in Cappadocia.
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