TODAY IN NEW YORK, USA
Archbishop Anastasios will Receive Today an “Honorary Doctorate” from Fordham University in New York City, America
Fordham University in New York City, America, will confer today an Honorary “Doctorate of Humane Letters” on the Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, Anastasios. The official ceremony of the conferral of the “Honorary Doctorate” will take place today in the afternoon, at the University’s “Rose Hill Campus” near the botanical gardens of this great Metropolis. During the ceremony, His Beatitude, Archbishop Anastasios will offer a Lecture, “Sharing the Good News in a Multi-Religious Country:
Theological Reflections on Other Religions”.
Archbishop Anastasios is accompanied by the Metropolitan of Korça, His Eminence John. In this ceremony will be present also two Albanian bishops of America, His Eminence Nikoni (Liolin) and His Eminence Ilia (Ketri), and many Albanian Orthodox believers living in the U.S..
Fordham University was founded in 1841 by the Archbishop of New York, Rev. John Hughes, in the area with the same name of the city, and it was the first Roman Catholic university in the Northeastern United States. The University followed the Jesuit educational tradition, which was developed in Europe in the sixteenth century, and became an important center of higher education, specializing in humanitarian sciences (theology, philosophy, history, sociology, and pedagogy). This university now attracts students from all over the world, and is highly appreciated among other universities of America.
In addition to this title, His Beatitude, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, Anastasios, is Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions at the University of Athens and an Honorary Member of the Academy of Athens. He has previously received honorary degrees in the field of Humanities (for Theology and Philosophy) from 17 universities in many countries: Greece, USA, Romania, Cyprus, Georgia, Albania, and Italy.
The Press Office of Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
