Greek Orthodox priests stand next to ... 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 ...

Anastasios, who was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania and also head of the Autocephalous Orthodox ... streets around the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in downtown Tirana.