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14 04, 2020

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By Kisha Orthodhokse|2025-03-19T14:20:40+01:00April 14th, 2020|Our Church|Comments Off on Contact us

______________________________________________ Holy Archiepiscopate of Tirana and Durres Archbishop: Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, His Beatitude John. Assistant Bishops: His Grace Nathanail, Metropolitan of Amantia. His Grace Asti, Bishop of Bylis. Headquarters in Tirana: The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. Bulevardi “Deshmorët e Kombit”, Nr.5, Tiranë, Albania. Phone: (00355) 4–2257 261/2, E-mail: orthchal@orthodoxalbania.org ______________________________________________ Holy Metropolis of Berat Metropolitan: His Grace Ignat, Metropolitan of Berat,

4 04, 2020

The Church of Albania: From the Apostolic Years to Date – by Archbishop Anastasios

By Kisha Orthodhokse|2020-04-13T17:09:20+02:00April 4th, 2020|History, Our Church|Comments Off on The Church of Albania: From the Apostolic Years to Date – by Archbishop Anastasios

The Church of Albania: From the Apostolic Years to Date - by Archbishop Anastasios “The Church of Albania - The Historical-Spiritual Tradition and Art - from the Apostolic Years to Date - Written by the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, Anastasios The region occupied by what is now Albania stretches along the north coast of the Ionian Sea and the south coast

4 04, 2020

The Church of Albania: From the Apostolic Years to Date – by Archbishop Anastasios.

By Kisha Orthodhokse|2022-08-31T15:26:50+02:00April 4th, 2020|History, Our Church|Comments Off on The Church of Albania: From the Apostolic Years to Date – by Archbishop Anastasios.

The Church of Albania: From the Apostolic Years to Date - by Archbishop Anastasios “The Church of Albania - The Historical-Spiritual Tradition and Art - from the Apostolic Years to Date - Written by the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, Anastasios

4 04, 2020

Short Biography of Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania John
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Short Biography of Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania John

By Kisha Orthodhokse|2025-03-19T14:10:12+01:00April 4th, 2020|Holy and Great Synod, Our Church|Comments Off on Short Biography of Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania John

Short Biography of Archbishop Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania John His Beatitude Archbishop John, was born Fatmir Pelushi in Tirana, Albania on January 1, 1956. He grew up in a Bektashi family. In his youth, during the period of relentless religious persecution, he discovered the Orthodox Christian faith and was secretly baptized (1979) by the heroic priest Fr. Kosmas Kyrios, who later

4 04, 2020

Short Biography of the Late Metropolitan of Berat, Ignatios
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Short Biography of the Late Metropolitan of Berat, Ignatios

By Kisha Orthodhokse|2025-02-08T11:44:41+01:00April 4th, 2020|Our Church|Comments Off on Short Biography of the Late Metropolitan of Berat, Ignatios

Short Biography of the Late Metropolitan of Berat, Ignatios The late Metropolitan of Berat, Vlora and Kanina, His Eminence Ignatios (Triantis), was an Arvanite of origin from Thebes, where he was born in 1934. He was proficient in the Albanian language. He studied at the Patmiada Ecclesiastical School, as well as at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Athens. He also graduated

4 04, 2020

Short Biography of His Eminence Metropolitan of Gjirokastra, Dhimitrios
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Short Biography of His Eminence Metropolitan of Gjirokastra, Dhimitrios

By Kisha Orthodhokse|2025-03-19T12:56:03+01:00April 4th, 2020|Holy and Great Synod, Our Church|Comments Off on Short Biography of His Eminence Metropolitan of Gjirokastra, Dhimitrios

Short Biography of His Eminence Metropolitan of Gjirokastra, Dhimitrios His Eminence, Metropolitan of Gjirokastra, Dhimitrios (Sinaites), born Dimitrios Dikmpasanis, son of Apostolos, was born in Nea Iraklia, Serres, in 1940. He completed his general education in the city of Serres and later studied Theology at the Faculty of Theology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, from which he graduated in 1968. From 1969 to 1971, he

4 04, 2020

Short Biography of His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Elbasan
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Short Biography of His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Elbasan

By Kisha Orthodhokse|2025-03-19T13:04:57+01:00April 4th, 2020|Holy and Great Synod, Our Church|Comments Off on Short Biography of His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Elbasan

Short Biography of His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Elbasan His Eminence, Metropolitan of Elbasan, Shpati, and Librazhd, Anthony (secular name Artan Merdani), was born on December 7, 1969, in Tirana, where he completed his primary and secondary education. From 1996 to 1999, he studied at the "Resurrection of Christ" Theological Academy of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania in Saint Vlash, Durrës. He continued

4 04, 2020

Short Biography of His Eminence, Metropolitan of Amantia, Nathanail
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Short Biography of His Eminence, Metropolitan of Amantia, Nathanail

By Kisha Orthodhokse|2025-03-19T14:11:49+01:00April 4th, 2020|Holy and Great Synod, Our Church|Comments Off on Short Biography of His Eminence, Metropolitan of Amantia, Nathanail

Short Biography of His Eminence, Metropolitan of Amantia, Nathanail His Eminence, Metropolitan of Amantia, Nathanail (secular name Konstantinos Stergiou), was born in 1957 in Taxiarches, Trikala, Greece. At the age of 17, he entered the Monastery of Megisti Lavra on Mount Athos. In 1978, he graduated from the Athoniada School, and in the following year (1979), he was tonsured a monk at the same

4 04, 2020

Short Biography of Auxiliary Bishop Anastas of Kruja
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Short Biography of Auxiliary Bishop Anastas of Kruja

By Kisha Orthodhokse|2025-03-19T12:59:30+01:00April 4th, 2020|Holy and Great Synod, Our Church|Comments Off on Short Biography of Auxiliary Bishop Anastas of Kruja

Short Biography of Auxiliary Bishop Anastas of Kruja Auxiliary Bishop Anastas of Kruja (born Enkeled Mamaj) was born on August 6, 1979, in Vlora, Albania, where he completed his primary and secondary education. In 1999, he began his studies in the Department of Greek Language at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens. He later graduated from "Ismail Qemali" University in Vlora,

9 03, 2018

Overview 1991-2020

By Super User|2022-08-03T14:22:19+02:00March 9th, 2018|Our Church|Comments Off on Overview 1991-2020

After the Germans retreated from Albania in November of 1944, Albania came under total control of a communist regime. The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania