The Mediterranean has always attracted travelers with its picturesque landscapes, centuries-old history and warm climate.

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the ...

01/31/2025 January 31, 2025 Women in North Macedonia’s Albanian minority have to navigate a difficult web of challenges — the country’s simmering ethnic tensions, strict gender roles in ...

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

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 ...

Citizens from every corner of Albania come to say goodbye to the late Archbishop - At 12 (Greek time) the funeral In the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, in Tirana, unprecedented images ...

Born Anastasios Yannoulatos in 1929 in Piraeus, Greece, Anastasios became head of the Albanian Orthodox Church in 1992, shortly after it was relegalized after the fall of communism. During his over 30 ...

Archbishop Anastasios, the head of the Albanian Orthodox Church for three decades, has died aged 95 in an Athens hospital after being airlifted to the Greek capital following a virus infection.

Beyond church rebuilding, Anastasios fostered interfaith relations and initiated numerous social programs in healthcare, education, and community development. His legacy is etched in the Albanian ...

Archbishop Anastasios led the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania for more than 30 years and was internationally known for his exceptional contribution to its revival, recalls the Albanian Radio ...