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 ...

Pope Francis sent his condolences to the Orthodox Church in Albania on Monday following ... for the 95-year-old prelate who helped revive Christianity in the former communist country and who ...

Albania’s role in saving Jews during the ... Catholics and Orthodox Christians listed by Israel’s Yad Vashem as Righteous Gentiles — those who risked their lives to save Jews from ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that Anastasios' “contribution to Orthodox Christianity was invaluable.” “He left an indelible mark, and not just in (Albania),” Mitsotakis ...

While many of the world’s most important cultural sites are battling the pressures caused by too many tourists, one – a beautiful and unique group of ancient buildings in Albania – is ...

Anastasios is credited with having revived the Orthodox Church in Muslim-majority Albania after decades of "atheist" rule and fostered peace between Christians and Muslims. The Church on Saturday ...

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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 ...

TIRANA, Albania — 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. He was 95.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that Anastasios' “contribution to Orthodox Christianity was invaluable.” “He left an indelible mark, and not just in (Albania),” Mitsotakis posted on ...