Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their fair share of cults of personality (cue the eponymous 1988 song by Living ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country's Orthodox Church after the fall of the ...

Under his leadership, after the fall of communism, more than 400 parishes were reopened and several new churches were built to support the faith and piety of Albania’s Orthodox communities in ...

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.