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 ...

He was 95. A somber mood prevailed as people massed in the streets around the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in downtown Tirana. “Honoring the work of such a great personality means ...