The Metropolis of Bessarabia is one of the metropoles of the
Romanian Orthodox Church, aside from the six metropoles inside Romania proper.
The Metropolis of Bessarabia was created in
1923 and organized in
1925, when the Archbishopric of Kishinev was raised to the rank of metropolis.
Inactive during the periods
1940-1941 and
1944-1991.