Plovdiv () Eparchy of Sofia () Eparchy of Nevrokop () Eparchy of Pleven () Eparchy of Ruse () Eparchies abroad: Eparchy of Central and Western Europe (with seat in Berlin); Eparchy of USA, Canada and Australia (with seat in New York City) The Bulgarian Orthodox Church also has some 120 monasteries in Bulgaria, with about 2,000 monks and nearly as many nuns. See also List of Orthodox Churches Bulgarian Alternative Synod References External links The official website of the Bulgarian Patriarchate Unofficial web portal of Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity: in Bulgarian language History of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church according to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913). A short history of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church by CNEWA, the papal agency for humanitarian and pastoral support The Bulgarian Orthodox Church according to Overview of World Religions Article about the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and Religion in Bulgaria Orthodox Life Info Portal: a Bulgarian Orthodox site (in English) Article on the medieval history of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the repository of the Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (in German) National churches Religious organizations established in the 920s Eastern Orthodox Church bodies in Europe European-Australian culture