Saint Theodore Stratelates Monastery, Balsha, Orthodox monastery in Balsha, Bulgaria

The Saint Theodore Stratelates Monastery is an Orthodox monastery in Balsha featuring traditional Bulgarian ecclesiastical design. The complex consists of plainly styled exterior walls and consecrated interior spaces meant for worship and religious gatherings.

The area was known as Monastiro, where traces of old walls were found. In the 1970s nuns restored the original monastery church and settled there, but after the last nun died the monastery declined. Revival began after 10 November 1989, and on 8 June 2003 Patriarch Maxim consecrated the church and a new residential building.

The monastery's patronal feast is held on 8 June, the memory of Theodore Stratelates, and again on 8 February. On 8 June 2003 Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria consecrated the church and the adjoining residential building. Two monks and one novice lived here as of 1 June 2022, keeping sheep, goats, cows and a bee yard.

The monastery welcomes visitors who can observe religious ceremonies and explore the surrounding landscape. It helps to wear modest clothing and respect religious customs when entering the spaces.

The monastery keeps a farm with sheep, goats and cows plus its own apiary, so monks and one novice (as of 1 June 2022) live from livestock and honey. The patronal feast falls on 8 June, the memory of Theodore Stratelates, and is also marked on 8 February.