As regards art, the most helpful division seems to be one into periods of culture. The first is that of the Early Christian monuments, from the fourth to the eighth century. The second is the Byzantine period, from the mid-eighth century to the fifteenth century. The third covers the post-Byzantine period and the Turkish occupation (1501-1912). Architecture Early Christian The monuments which
Since 1937 till our days The granting of canonical Autocephalous Status by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, during the tenure of the Patriarch Benjamin I, opens a new period for the Church of Albania. The Patriarchal Synodical Tome, "Concerning the Blessing of the Autocephalous Status of the Orthodox Church in Albania", was issued on April 17th, 1937. After canonical elections at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the first Synod
From 1767 until 1937 The fourth period (1767 – 1937) stretches from the abolition of the autocephalous status of the Archbishopric of Ohrid to the canonical grant of autocephalous status to the Orthodox Church of Albania. The key event in this period was the formation of the Albanian State in 1912. During this period there was a reorganization of the metropolises and episcopates. New
From the Beginning of Ninth Century until 1767 During this period we can distinguish two chronological periods, the dividing line being the Ottoman Conquest. In the first, the Archbishopric of Ohrid was founded in the year 1018, after the collapse of Samuel's Bulgarian state, and the Emperor Basil II issued three bulls (the Emperor's decision on ecclesiastical issues) giving a total of 32 ecclesiastical
From 731 A.D. to the 11th Century The second period (from 731 A.D. to the beginning of the eleventh century) commences with the union of East Illyricum with the Ecumenical Patriarchate and dependence of many of the episcopates of [modern?] Albania under the Autocephalous Archbishopric of Ohrid. In this area there were turmoil after turmoil, and the Christian population went through greahttp://www.orthodoxalbania.org/English/Brief History/BH Book2apic.htmt
From Apostolic times to 731 Writing from Corinth to the Romans in 55-57 A. D., the Apostle Paul records that he was acting with holy zeal "so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ" (Romans 15:18-19).http://www.orthodoxalbania.org/English/Brief History/BH Book1bpic.htm By "unto Illyricum," he probably meant that he included Illyricum, which in the first century A.D. was
The region occupied by what is now Albania stretches along the north coast of the Ionian Sea and the south coast of the Adriatic, and lies in¬land along the axis of the western section of the axis formed by the Ignatian Way. It has been directly involved in the political and intellectual ferment of three successive empires: Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman. At the same time
