Festive Celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ A festive atmosphere of Christmas embedded with light and joy starts to be felt prior to the actual Christmas day due to the respective church services such as the Unction, the Holy Hours, the Vigils and the 40 - day - nativity lent during which the faithful fast for the benefit of their soul.
†Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania Christmas 2023 The Endurance of Hope “Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…” (Heb. 12:1) Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Christmas, the great Christian feast, is not just an occasion to exchange well wishes and gifts, to experience familial warmth and seasonal amusement, or even the offering of spiritual euphoria
ORTHODOX AUTOCEPHALOUS CHURCH OF ALBANIA Press Office Essential Refutation Falsehoods are periodically presented to support the fictious mendacity that the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania is “under the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church”. An article of this vein was recently published online in English and titled “Στῶμεν καλῶς, στῶμεν μετά φόβου”. The author of this article is Ilias Damianakis, a resident of the U.S.A.
ORTHODOX AUTOCEPHALOUS CHURCH OF ALBANIA ANNOUNCEMENT Fr. Theophan (Arjan) Koja was elected Auxiliary Bishop for Albanians in the USA! Archimandrite Theophan (Arjan) Koja, known to the Orthodox of Albania as a leader of divisive actions, was born in Tirana in 1966. He attended for a while the seminary in Durrës and then went to Romania, where he was ordained a deacon and
†Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania Easter 2023 Overcome pain – Paschal joy «Rejoice!» (Mat.28:9) Pascha! With joy let us embrace one another. Pascha, the ransom from sorrow! (Stichera of Pascha) Pascha this year invites us to a difficult exercise. These past years and especially the recent months have accumulated multifaceted grief around us and in our hearts: unspeakable pain
ORTHODOX AUTOCEPHALOUS CHURCH OF ALBANIA THE HOLY SYNOD Communiqué The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, during her session of February 23, 2023 under the presidency of His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios, reiterated that she gladly welcomes the decision of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, of last May 2022, that "She accepts into Eucharistic communion the Hierarchy, the clergy, and laity
We are anxiously attending the great trial that the people of Turkey and Syria are facing due to the consequences of the powerful and catastrophic earthquake during the past days. Tirana, on February 6th, 2023 From: Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania To: His Beatitude John of Damascus, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East Your Beatitude, We are anxiously attending
The Restoration Work in the Church and Guest House of the Dormition of Theotokos Monastery in Athali of Himara Began. After getting the approval by the National Council of the Cultural Heritage, the construction project started to be carried out by the Cultural Heritage Center of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. During the year 2022, the Cultural Heritage Office planned the implementation
Letter of Complaint for the Misuse of the Albanian Public Television by Journalist Ilir Yzeiri. To: Mr. Enkelejd Joti, the General Director of the Albanian Public Television & Ms. Armela Krasniqi, the Head of the Audiovisual Media Authority On Thursday, January 12, 2023, in the ADN show, “Janullatos and the Decline of Independence of the Albanian Orthodox Church”, by journalist Mr. Ilir Yzeiri, where
Five Hundred and Fifty-Five Years since the Repose of Gjergj Kastrioti, Our National Hero. On this day, we commemorate five hundred and fifty-five years since the repose of Gjergj Kastrioti (Skënderbeu), our National Hero who passed away on 17 January 1468 in the city of Lezha. He was buried in the Byzantine Church of St. Nikolla where there is a memorial today. He was born
