This is a new book which has just been published by the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. It is a book that teaches us about God and how to gain self-knowledge by knowing God. It is meant to help young people, as well as new adult Christians through the difficult struggle of developing their faith in God, knowing their real self and understanding their
On Saturday, May 12th the courtyard of the Church of Saint Procopi, up the hill from the Lake of Tirana, was filled with more than 200 youth, members of Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical Churches, participating in the Inter-European meeting, "Together for Europe". It was the third occasion that this activity had been organized; the two previous meetings were held in 2004 and 2007.
Every year Easter is celebrated in Albania in a magnificent way. In the middle of the night on Saturday, thousands of people gather to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ in all the Orthodox churches of Albania. During Holy Week the believers throughout Albania prepared spiritually for the celebration of Pascha. In Tirana this moment takes place in the Cathedral of the ‘Evangelization
A new modern clinical ophthalmology and ENT Center was inaugurated in Tirana on Saturday, March 10, by the Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Albania, Anastasios. Participating in this event were renowned doctors from our country and from Greece. The Center includes general ophthalmology branches; for the retina, for glaucoma, laser, OCT etc., and a wide range of otorhinolaryngology examinations. This Center
For the past several months, couples and families have been meeting at the premises of the Student Center of the Orthodox Church in Tirana. Couples that had a connection with the Student Center when they were students have been brought to these meetings by the need to be together, to grow in their faith and to share their everyday life experiences. Their friendships with
During this period of Great Lent, young people from the youth group in Tirana continue to attend the Liturgy of the Prescantified Gifts in the Holy Monastery of Saint Vlash, Durrës. This has become a 10-year tradition. Every fasting period the youth group joins the students of the Theological Academy to praise and thank God together. This Wednesday, after the youth of Tirana dined
During the first week of Great Lent, the Orthodox Church celebrates the triumph of Orthodoxy. For this feast hundreds of believers from the capital city attended the Divine Liturgy held in the Church of "Evangelization of the Theotokos" in Tirana, headed by His Beatitude, Archbishop Anastasios. Among the many believers, numerous children and young people also attended who had gathered in Tirana for a
On February 7, 1992 the teaching of the first courses for clergy began. During the past two decades there have not been any events that have impacted so much the miracle of the rebuilding of our Church after the atheistic winter, and at the same time demonstrated the visionary foresight of Archbishop Anastasios, as the opening of this school. When the churches were
Following the proposal of the Clergy-Laity Council, as defined in the new statute of our Church, on Thursday, January 19, 2012, in its meeting, the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania elected two new bishops. With these two elevations the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania is composed of eight members for the first time in
The Feast of Theophany on January 6th is the day when all creation is sanctified with the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ. This day hundreds of people participated in the Divine Liturgy and the Service of Sanctification of the Waters despite the dense rain of the day. The Church of the Annunciation in Tirana was filled with believers, (both inside and outside the
