Tepe-Kermen (Crimean Tatar: Töpe Kermen; Ukrainian and Russian: Тепе-Кермен) is a butte and an early medieval settlement in the Bakhchysarai Raion of Crimea.

The same name is given to the remains of the medieval city-fortress (according to other sources - a monastery) Tepe-Kermen, which covers the upper part of the mountain in several levels.

[3][4] It is believed that from the second half of the 7th century there was the residence of the Archon, who was part of the governing authorities of the Dori region (the administrative center of the Military-Administrative District),[5] and in the 8th-9th century Tepe-Kermen, with its main temple-basilica, was a kind of ecclesiastical center of the district.

Some versions attribute the demise of the city to the raid of the Golden Horde Beylerbey Nogai in 1299.

Gaidukov,[7] believes that "according to the expressive features of the liturgical structure" the church could have been built in 6th-7th century.

The extension (was made) by the servant of God, the pious Manuel...".Another tomb is located south of the altar.

The purpose of the columns is to divide the cella into three naves: right (male), middle (clergy) and left (female), which is typical of Byzantine basilica temple art.