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7 10, 2022

Archbishop Anastasios – Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Christian Academy of Warsaw.

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Archbishop Anastasios – Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Christian Academy of Warsaw.   With the message “The mission and responsibility of the Church is to connect humanity with the true God of Love”, His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana and all Albania, Professor Emeritus of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and Honorary Member of the Academy of Athens ended his speech entitled “Living

15 08, 2022

Solemn Celebration of the Dormition Feast of Holy Theotokos.

By |2022-08-31T13:05:01+02:00August 15th, 2022|News, News - ΕΝ|Comments Off on Solemn Celebration of the Dormition Feast of Holy Theotokos.

Solemn Celebration of the Dormition Feast of Holy Theotokos.   On August 15, the Orthodox faithful celebrate the Dormition of Virgin Mary, which is a feast that is preceded by two weeks of fasting. This celebration which is known also as "The Assumption", commemorates the dormition, the resurrection and the glorification of the Mother of God. The most Holy Theotokos was taken up to Heaven

2 08, 2022

Thirty Years of Rebuilding Efforts: The Restoration of a Local Dissolved Church.

By |2022-08-09T13:16:10+02:00August 2nd, 2022|News, News - ΕΝ|Comments Off on Thirty Years of Rebuilding Efforts: The Restoration of a Local Dissolved Church.

The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania Press Statement At the end of the panegyric and synodical Divine Liturgy which was celebrated on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, in the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral Church, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the election of His Beatitude Anastasios, the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania at the head of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of

13 05, 2022

Inaccurate claim regarding the statements of Archbishop Anastasios. 

By |2022-05-13T13:50:19+02:00May 13th, 2022|News, News - ΕΝ|Comments Off on Inaccurate claim regarding the statements of Archbishop Anastasios. 

Inaccurate claim regarding the statements of Archbishop Anastasios.  The phrase that Archbishop Anastasios, Archdeacon Chryssavgis’ teacher and mentor, avoided to mention or to name Russia in regards to his statements on the war in Ukraine is not accurate. On March 13th he declared during his homily at the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral in Tirana, “We intensify our call for the immediate cessation of Russia’s fratricidal

21 04, 2022

Resurrection – love ultimately overcomes hatred – Archbishop Anastasios.

By |2022-04-21T02:50:43+02:00April 21st, 2022|News, News - ΕΝ|Comments Off on Resurrection – love ultimately overcomes hatred – Archbishop Anastasios.

†Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania    Pascha 2022 Resurrection – love ultimately overcomes hatred     Christ is Risen! Soothing pain and wounds, love will ultimately be victorious. This comforting message resounds diachronically through the luminous feast of the Resurrection of Christ. The culmination of love in world history is manifested in the advent of the Son and Word of God in the

28 02, 2022

Sincere prayer for the cessation of the war between brothers and sisters and for peace in Ukraine.

By |2022-03-06T16:44:38+01:00February 28th, 2022|Archbishop, News, News - ΕΝ|Comments Off on Sincere prayer for the cessation of the war between brothers and sisters and for peace in Ukraine.

Sincere prayer for the cessation of the war between brothers and sisters and for peace in Ukraine.   Regarding the dramatic events in Ukraine, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres, and all Albania, having called upon the faithful and upon every person of good will to intensify their prayer for peace, stressed the following: "Deep pain and sorrow floods the souls of people, when

23 12, 2021

Peaceful Resilience – We Are Not Alone – Christmas 2021.

By |2021-12-23T23:27:01+01:00December 23rd, 2021|News, News - ΕΝ|Comments Off on Peaceful Resilience – We Are Not Alone – Christmas 2021.

†Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and all Albania CHRISTMAS 2021 Peaceful Resilience – We Are Not Alone.     “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows” (Mt. 1:18) In these festal days various thoughts, messages, and comments about peace, love, joy, and hope are often repeated. However, there is no shortage of those who prefer to dissociate these concepts from their basic core

16 07, 2021

Thirty years since the beginning of a wonder which no one could imagine.

By |2021-09-03T10:09:26+02:00July 16th, 2021|News - ΕΝ|Comments Off on Thirty years since the beginning of a wonder which no one could imagine.

Thirty years since the beginning of a wonder which no one could imagine   The 16th of July marks thirty years since the moment when a very important event, for the resurrection of our Church after the long period of severe atheist persecution, took place. On July 16, 1991, His Beatitude Anastasios arrived in Albania. He was the Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which is

26 06, 2021

Successful Performance of “Shen Joan Kukuzeli” Byzantine Choir of Chanters in Nis of Serbia.

By |2021-09-03T10:30:22+02:00June 26th, 2021|News - ΕΝ|Comments Off on Successful Performance of “Shen Joan Kukuzeli” Byzantine Choir of Chanters in Nis of Serbia.

Successful Performance of “Shen Joan Kukuzeli” Byzantine Choir of Chanters in Nis of Serbia.   The Music Edict Festival, which is the 8th International Church Music Festival, was organized in Nis of Serbia from 20th to 23 rd of June 2021. The main goal of this festival is to build bridges of friendship between peoples through culture, music and art. Part of this festival was

24 06, 2021

Commemoration of the 29th anniversary of the election of Archbishop Anastasios as the head of our Church and the co-celebration of the Divine Liturgy on the feast day of St. John the Forerunner.

By |2021-09-03T10:26:31+02:00June 24th, 2021|News - ΕΝ|Comments Off on Commemoration of the 29th anniversary of the election of Archbishop Anastasios as the head of our Church and the co-celebration of the Divine Liturgy on the feast day of St. John the Forerunner.

Commemoration of the 29th anniversary of the election of Archbishop Anastasios as the head of our Church and the co-celebration of the Divine Liturgy on the feast day of St. John the Forerunner.   On June 24, 2021, our Church celebrates the Nativity of St. John the Forerunner, a feast day which consists with the 29th anniversary of the election of His Beatitude Anastasios as

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