Citizens lit candles in front of the Orthodox Cathedral in Tirana to mourn their loss while the bells rang continuously. "He gave a lot to Albania especially for us as a nation where religion was ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the country’s communist regime ...

Archbishop Anastasios, an ecumenical movement leader credited with helping to revitalize the Orthodox Church in Muslim-majority Albania, has died at the age of 95.

TIRANA, Albania — 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 ...

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

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 ...

A similar service was held at the main Greek orthodox Church cathedral in Athens before the procession travelled to Tirana. Born Anastasios Yannoulatos in Piraeus, Greece on Nov. 4, 1929, he ...

Anastasios, who was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania and also head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, died on Jan. 25 in Athens. He was 95. A somber mood prevailed ...