Orthodox Church of Albania

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania prayerfully remembered at Tirana Cathedral one year after his passing

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania was prayerfully remembered on Sunday at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Tirana, one year after his passing. The memorial service was led by the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, Archbishop John, together with members of the Holy Synod. Archbishop John stressed that the annual commemoration is a…

Jan 27, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Albania bids farewell to Archbishop Anastasios as Orthodox leaders gather in Tirana

The entire Orthodox world bid farewell on Thursday to Archbishop Anastasios, the man who revived the Church of Albania after years of suffering and persecution under communism. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew led the funeral service at the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral in Tirana. Joining the full synod of the Albanian Orthodox Church, the funeral was attended…

Jan 31, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania reposes in the Lord aged 95

Archbishop Anastasios, the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, passed away on Saturday morning at the age of 95, according to a statement published on the official website of the Albanian Orthodox Church. His Beatitude had been hospitalized in Tirana on January 3 due to a viral infection and was later transferred to Athens. “The…

Jan 25, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel congratulates Archbishop Anastasios of Albania on his 95th birthday

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, addressed a message of congratulation to His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, on his 95th birthday.  The congratulatory message was sent on Monday by Patriarch Daniel, „on behalf of the members of the Holy Synod, the clergy and the faithful of the…

Nov 4, 2024Alexandru Boboc

Orthodox Church of Albania: Tree Planting in Gjinar

This past week (March 2nd-March 10th, 2019) the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, in cooperation with OCMC and OCF, hosted a group of 6 university students from the United States and Canada. This team of students learnt about the resurrection of the Orthodox Church in Albania after the persecutions she has suffered. They were also…

Mar 12, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Four Primates of Autocephalous Orthodox Churches concelebrate the Divine Liturgy on the feast of St Demetrius the New

Friday morning thousands of believers prayerfully honoured Saint Demetrius the New, Protector of Bucharest and of the Patriarchal Cathedral. His Beatitude Russian Patriarch Kirill presided over the festive Divine Liturgy in the celebration of Their Beatitudes Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Archbishop Anastasios of Albania and Metropolitan Rastislav of Czech Lands and Slovakia. After the gospel…

Oct 27, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

His Beatitude Anastasios. A profile of the restorer of Orthodoxy in Albania

The current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church has in fact re-established the institution which he leads, which had been destroyed for 23 years by the communist regime that proclaimed Albania an atheist state. His Beatitude Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, was born on November 4, 1929, in Piraeus, Greece. Archbishop Anastasios…

Oct 26, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

25 Years since the canonical revival of the Orthodox Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania

  Although formal freedom was already restored to the country, the beginning of the 1990s was a dramatic time period for the Community of the Orthodox faithful in Albania, informs orthodoxalbania.org. There was no surviving bishop, and no potential candidate who could be ordained to such a rank; only 15 retired and ailing clergy remained.…

Jun 28, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu