"The first phrase I learned in Albanian was Christ is risen" - The conversation was recorded in the autumn of 2017 and the ...

Greek Orthodox priests stand next ... a day before his funeral, inside the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj) ...

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 ...

A similar service was held at the main Greek Orthodox Church cathedral in Athens before the procession to Tirana. The religious leaders and others inside the cathedral kissed Anastasios’ right ...

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 ...