Albania's Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, ...
Born Anastasios Yannoulatos in Piraeus, Greece on Nov. 4, 1929, he arrived in Albania in 1991, immediately after the collapse of the Communists that had ruled the country since the mid-1940s ...
A girl pays his respects to the late Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania during his funeral, inside the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, in Tirana, Albania, Thursday ...
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 ...
Late Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania lies at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, in Tirana, Albania, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj) TIRANA ...
Durres and All Albania, inside the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, in Tirana, Albania, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj) TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered ...