Trip to a 4th century hermit’s cave at Casian, Dobrudja
Trip to a 4th century hermit’s cave at Casian, Dobrudja

Summary/Abstract: Found tucked between the hills of central Dobrudja, a region in south-eastern Romania, the cave which once belonged to Saint Ioan Casian, a local saint being celebrated by the Orthodox Church, attracts annually a significant number of visitors and pilgrims who are willing to go on a very difficult trip that consists of walking on a very dangerous path making its way through the rocky slopes of the hills on which the monastery sits in order to reach the cave in which the hermit spent most of his time.

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