Nativity Lent Begins
Nativity Lent Begins For all the orthodox faithful, the fifteenth of November is the day when the faithful begin the Nativity Lent which is a time of preparation for the big and significant event of Christmas. This is one of the Lenten times that Church has determined in the calendar in order to help the faithful to properly prepare themselves for a big church feast. […]
Archbishop Anastasios’ health continues to be stable and with mild symptoms and he has received many wishes for a quick recovery
Archbishop Anastasios’ health continues to be stable and with mild symptoms and he has received many wishes for a quick recovery. Archbishop Anastasios’ health in the past four days continues to be stable and with mild symptoms. He is under the supervision and control of a dedicated staff of doctors. In his greeting after being hospitalized in the Evangelismos Hospital in Greece, His Beatitude […]
Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania Greetings of appreciation.
Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania Greetings of appreciation The first day in “Evangelismos” Hospital has already passed and everything is going well. Throughout our life we have referred to the God of surprises, and also to the God of miracles. Our journey in Albania began with the exclamation “God is with us!” and the response in chorus “and we are with Him”, […]
News which touched the hearts of all the faithful.
News which touched the hearts of all the faithful Recently the news spread that His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres, and all Albania had contracted the coronavirus. Naturally this has touched the hearts of all the faithful, who wish and pray for His quick recovery. This was quickly picked up on by the media which transmitted the news together with the Archbishop’s heartfelt words. […]
Announcment
After the appearance of mild symptoms of the coronavirus Covid-19, it was deemed appropriate that the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania, Anastasios, be transferred to Athens (to the Annunciation Hospital) for the necessary medical care. From the Archdiocese of Tirana
The Feast of St. Prokopios, the Patron Saint of Tirana, celebrated with Joy in the Church holding His Name.
The Feast of St. Prokopios, the Patron Saint of Tirana, celebrated with Joy in the Church holding His Name. The church of St. Prokopios, which was inaugurated in 1945 in order to substitute the old church of the 17th century, which was destroyed leaving its place to the new boulevard to be built, rose on the hills of the Lake Park in Tirana and […]
Let us maintain our spiritual relationships at this time of increased pandemic wave and let us stay close to each other with our heart and prayers.
Let us maintain our spiritual relationships at this time of increased pandemic wave and let us stay close to each other with our heart and prayers. Archbishop Anastasios’ word at the end of the Divine Liturgy, on the first Sunday of Luke (The Miracle of the fish, and the first Apostles), in the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral. Tirana, 27.09.2020. Let us not worry and […]
A new declaration of Archbishop Anastasios about Hagia Sophia
A new declaration (18.7.2020 Ta Nea) of Archbishop Anastasios* about Hagia Sophia A specific insult against both Christianity and Islam. The stubborn decision of Turkey about the Hagia Sophia is not only a kind of cultural “jihad” (holy war), especially today when any type of jihadist is condemned internationally, but constitutes a specific insult against both Christianity and Islam. They made a mosque ofthe marvelous […]
