Orthodox Monasteries by Country
Submitted by Athos on March 30, 2026 - 2:02pm
Orthodox Monasteries by Country
A statistical reference page for Athos Forum, presenting men’s monasteries, women’s convents, total institutions by country, and regional subtotals.
By Country
This table presents the number of men’s monasteries, women’s convents, and total Orthodox monastic institutions by country. The figures below are drawn from the country pages already prepared in the project. Where the underlying country page gives only an approximate total, the same form is retained here.
This first statistical page is presented as a reference framework. It gives country rows where country-level figures are already explicit in the project and preserves approximate forms where the underlying country pages use rounded totals.
Further country rows may be added as the grouped regional pages are disaggregated into separate national statistical entries.
Europe
| Country | Men’s Monasteries | Women’s Convents | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 486 | 508 | 994 |
| Romania | 263 | 374 | 637 |
| Ukraine | 325+ | 200+ | 525+ |
| Greece | 250+ | 250+ | 500+ |
| Bulgaria | 140+ | 20+ | 160+ |
| Georgia | 120+ | 30+ | 150+ |
| Cyprus | 35+ | 15+ | 50+ |
| Belarus | 20+ | 15+ | 35+ |
| Albania | 17+ | 8+ | 25+ |
| Poland | 7+ | 5+ | 12+ |
| Europe subtotal (countries listed above) | 1,663+ | 1,425+ | 3,088+ |
At this stage, the European table includes only those countries for which explicit country-level numerical lines have already been established in the completed project pages.
Notes
- Russia and Romania are the most fully specified rows at present because their project pages provide direct separate counts for men’s monasteries and women’s convents.
- Where a country page uses rounded or approximate totals, the same rounded form is preserved here rather than converted into artificial precision.
- Grouped pages still requiring country-level statistical separation include Serbia and the former Yugoslav lands, France and Benelux, German-speaking Europe, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Iberia, and several grouped pages outside Europe.
Subsequent expansions of this table may add Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania after the grouped pages are normalized into country-level rows.
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