Archbishop Anastasios Yanoulatos, head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, leads the Easter celebrations at the Christ Resurrection Cathedral in the capital Tirana, on May 1 ...

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Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the communist regime in the country, has died TIRANA, Albania -- Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Church after the fall of the communist regime in 1990, has died, the church said on Saturday.