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One-Year Memorial of the Repose of the Blessed Archbishop Anastasios
Archbishop John in Brussels: Meetings with ambassadors and solemn event at the European Parliament honoring the late Archbishop Anastasios
His Beatitude, the Archbishop of Albania John, held today a series of important meetings with senior officials of the European Union in Brussels.Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
First meeting of 2026 of the Presidency Board of the Interfaith Council of Albania held
Festive Divine Liturgy for the Circumcision of the Lord and Saint Basil the Great – 70 Years of Life and Witness of Archbishop Joan
Divine Liturgy for New Year and Archbishop’s 70th Anniversary
Christmas Message 2025 from Archbishop Joani
March
2026
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First Sunday of Lent (Sunday of Orthodoxy)
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Martyrs Hesychius; Euthalia
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Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus, Basiliscus
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Venerable Gerasimus of the Jordan
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Venerable Martyr Conon
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Finding of the Precious Cross by Saint Helena
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Hieromartyrs Ephraim, Eterus, Eugene, etc.
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Second Sunday of Lent (Gregory Palamas)
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40 Martyrs of Sebaste (Vivianus, Meliton, etc.)
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Martyrs Codratus, etc.
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Sophronius of Jerusalem
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Confessor Theophanes
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Translation of the relics of St. Nicephorus
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Venerable Benedict
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Third Sunday of Lent (Veneration of the Cross)
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Martyrs Sabinus; Julian
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Venerable Alexis, Man of God
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Cyril of Jerusalem
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Martyrs Chrysanthus, Daria; Claudius, Hilaria, Jason and Maurus
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Venerable Martyrs of the Monastery of St. Sabbas
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Confessor James of Catania
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Fourth Sunday of Lent (John Climacus)
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Martyrs Nicon with his 199 disciples; Dometius
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Hieromartyr Artemon
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Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos
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Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel
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Martyrs Matrona; Philetus, Lydia; Robert
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Apostle Herodion of the 70
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Fifth Sunday of Lent (Mary of Egypt)
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Prophet Joad
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Hieromartyr Hypatius of Gangra
Strict fasting
Oil and wine
Fish permitted
Divine Liturgy
Most Important Dates in the History of the Orthodox Church of Albania
1st century AD
395
731
1018
1054
1501
1767
1775-1779
1912
September 1922
April 17, 1937
April 7, 1939
November 1944
December 25, 1948
June 19, 1958
April 4, 1967
November 22, 1967
October 18, 1973
January 1991
July 16, 1991
June 24, 1992
August 2, 1992
November 6, 1994
1997
1999
November 4, 2006
January 22, 2009
2010
2011
April 7, 2016
September 2021
The Reconstitution of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania 1991-2021
† Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania