What is the main religion in Bulgaria?

According to Bulgaria's 2011 census, the main religion in Bulgaria is Orthodox Christianity. Around 59 percent of the country's 7.6 million inhabitants profess this faith. Around 9.3 percent of the Bulgarian identify as atheist, and 7.8 percent follow Islam. read more

Bulgaria has been traditionally a Christian state since the adoption of Christianity as state religion in 865, and therefore the dominant confession is Eastern Orthodoxy of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. read more

The main religion in Bulgaria is Bulgarian Orthodox. Protestants, Jews etc. Around twelve percent of the people are Muslim. eastern churches and Latin speaking western churches over doctrine and ecclesiastical authority. During the Ottoman rule it was placed under the jurisdiction of the patriarch of Constantinople. read more