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There are six [[metropolis|metropolia]] and ten [[archdiocese]]s in Romania, and containing 13 ,925 [[priest]]s and [[deacon]]s. Almost 423 [[monasticism|monasteries]] exist inside the country for some 2 ,966 [[monk]]s and 5 ,174 [[nun]]s. Three diasporan metropolia and two diasporan dioceses function outside Romania proper. As of 2004, there are, inside Romania, fifteen theological universities where more than 10,000 students (some of them from Bessarabia, Bukovina, and Serbia) currently study for a doctoral degree. More than 14,500 churches exist in Romania for the Orthodox faithful; under Communism these churches began to be referred to as ''lăcaşe de cult'', the generic name for a building in which religious activities were held. As of 2002, almost 1000 of these were either in the process of being built or rebuilt.