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International Scientific Conference in Honor of Archbishop Anastasios
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
May
2026
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Prophet Jeremiah
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Translation of the Relics of St. Athanasius
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SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC
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Martyrs Pelagia and Aphrodisius
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Great Martyr Irene
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Mid-Pentecost
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Appearance of the Cross in the Sky
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Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
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Prophet Isaiah
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SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
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Cyril and Methodius, Enlighteners of the Slavs
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Epiphanius of Cyprus
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Martyrs Glyceria and Laodicea
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Martyrs Isidore, Aristotle, and Leander
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Venerable Pachomius the Great
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Theodore the Sanctified
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SUNDAY OF THE MAN BORN BLIND
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Martyrs Peter, Dionysius, Christina, Heraclius, Benedimus, Paul et al.
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Hieromartyrs Patrick of Prusa and Polyaenus
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Leave-taking of Pascha
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Ascension of Our Lord
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Fathers of the Second Ecumenical Council
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Myrrh-bearer Mary of Cleopas
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SUNDAY OF THE FATHERS OF THE FIRST ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
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Third Finding of the Head of St. John the Baptist
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Apostles Carpus and Alphaeus of the Seventy
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Hieromartyr Helladius
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Hieromartyr Eutychius
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Leave-taking of Ascension
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Saturday of Souls
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PENTECOST
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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