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

The faith of the Orthodox community of Albania was certainly embodied in the life of our dear brother,” the pope said in his ...

He led the Albanian Orthodox Church for nearly 33 years. Under his leadership, after the fall of communism, more than 400 parishes were reopened and several new churches were built to support ...

Albania was once a socialist backwater with just 1,265 cars in the whole country. And though living standards have improved ...

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) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the ...

More than 400 parishes were reorganized in post-communist Albania. Some 150 new churches were constructed, while 60 churches, monasteries and cultural monuments were restored and 160 churches and ...

During his tenure, he built several churches including the huge Orthodox cathedral in the Albanian capital Tirana, and focused on peacebuilding, rescue and health operations, and environmental ...

Elnur Enveroglu Read more The recent dismantling of certain fake architectural monuments in the territories liberated by ...