{"id":85809,"date":"2026-06-01T02:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T00:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/ngjallja\/dorezohet-episkop-imzot-ilia-katre\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T02:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T00:54:11","slug":"dorezohet-episkop-imzot-ilia-katre","status":"publish","type":"ngjallja_article","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/ngjallja\/dorezohet-episkop-imzot-ilia-katre\/","title":{"rendered":"Dor\u00ebzohet episkop Imzot Ilia Katre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHBA &#8211; dy episkop\u00eb t\u00eb rinj p\u00ebr komunitetin shqiptaro -amerikan<br \/>\nDor\u00ebzohet episkop Imzot Ilia Katre<br \/>\nSinodi i Shenjt\u00eb i<br \/>\nPatrikan\u00ebs s\u00eb Kosta-<br \/>\nndinopoj\u00ebs (Stamboll,<br \/>\nTurqi), me rekoma-<br \/>\nndim t\u00eb T\u00ebr\u00ebshenjt\u00ebri-<br \/>\ns\u00eb s\u00eb tij, Patrikut Eku-<br \/>\nmenik Vartholomeu I,<br \/>\nzgjodhi t\u00eb P\u00ebrnder-<br \/>\nshmin Protopriftin Ilia<br \/>\nKatre, Episkop t\u00eb nj\u00eb<br \/>\nish-dioqeze t\u00eb her-<br \/>\nshme t\u00eb Philiomilion.<br \/>\nKjo u krye n\u00eb nj\u00eb se-<br \/>\nsion special t\u00eb Sinodit<br \/>\nt\u00eb Patriarkan\u00ebs Eku\u00ad<br \/>\nmenike, t\u00eb mart\u00ebn, m\u00eb<br \/>\n7 maj t\u00eb Jav\u00ebs s\u00eb<br \/>\nPashk\u00ebve.<br \/>\nDor\u00ebzimi i tij, u krye nga Mitropoliti Anthony<br \/>\ni Dardaneleve (San Fran\u00e7isko), Mitropoliti Me-<br \/>\nliton i Filadelfias (Patrikana Ekumenike) dhe<br \/>\nMitropoliti Demetrios i Sebastis\u00eb (Patrikana<br \/>\nEkumenike), u zhvillua n\u00eb Kish\u00ebn e lasht\u00eb t\u00eb<br \/>\nPatrikan\u00ebs, kushtuar Martirit t\u00eb madh Sh\u00ebn<br \/>\nGjergjit trofeprur\u00ebs, t\u00eb diel\u00ebri e Sh\u00ebn Thomait,<br \/>\nm\u00eb 12 maj 2002.<br \/>\nEpiskopi i ri \u00ebsht\u00eb caktuar n\u00eb krye t\u00eb<br \/>\nDioqez\u00ebs orthodhokse t\u00eb shqiptar\u00ebve t\u00eb Kish\u00ebs<br \/>\nOrthodhokse t\u00eb Amerik\u00ebs, q\u00eb varet nga<br \/>\nPatrikana Ekumenike, me p\u00ebrgjegj\u00ebsin\u00eb e<br \/>\ndrejtimit shpirt\u00ebror dhe pastoral, t\u00eb numrit n\u00eb<br \/>\nrritje t\u00eb besimtar\u00ebve shqiptar\u00eb orthodhoks\u00eb t\u00eb<br \/>\nvajtur n\u00eb Shtetet e Bashkuara.<br \/>\nBiografia<br \/>\nIlia Katre, nj\u00eb nga djemt\u00eb binjak\u00eb t\u00eb Sotir<br \/>\n(Sam) Katre dhe Evgjenia (Dimashi) Katre, t\u00eb<br \/>\ndy nga fshati Sinic\u00eb e Kor\u00e7\u00ebs, ka lindur m\u00eb 14<br \/>\nkorrik 1937. Ilia u arsimua n\u00eb shkoll\u00ebn fillore<br \/>\ndhe sekondare t\u00eb fshatit t\u00eb tij Sault St. Maria,<br \/>\nt\u00eb Micigamit. M\u00eb 1961 ai mbaroi studimet n\u00eb<br \/>\nshkoll\u00ebn teologjike orthodhokse \u201cKryqi i<br \/>\n\u00c7muar\u201d, t\u00eb Brooklinit (Boston), n\u00eb Massa-<br \/>\ncusets. Nj\u00eb vit m\u00eb pas ai u martua me t\u00eb<br \/>\nndjer\u00ebn Helena Sotir dhe u dor\u00ebzua prift m\u00eb 17<br \/>\nqershor nga i ndjeri Peshkop Mark (Lipa) dhe<br \/>\nu em\u00ebrua n\u00eb Kish\u00ebn Orthodhokse Shqiptare t\u00eb<br \/>\nSh\u00ebn Trinis\u00eb t\u00eb South Boston, Massacusets, ku<br \/>\nsh\u00ebrbeu deri m\u00eb 31 gusht 1983.<br \/>\nGjat\u00eb pastoratit t\u00eb tij, At Ilia Katre sh\u00ebrbeu<br \/>\nsi Sekretar i Episkopit dhe K\u00ebshillit t\u00eb Dioqez\u00ebs<br \/>\ndhe kontribuoi rregullisht p\u00ebr botimin q\u00eb nxirrte<br \/>\ndioqeza, \u201cDrita e V\u00ebrtet\u00eb\u201d (The True Light). Ai<br \/>\nishte fol\u00ebsi kryesor i program it j a vor t\u00eb radios<br \/>\nt\u00eb Dioqez\u00ebs \u201cZ\u00ebri i Orthodhoksis\u00eb\u201d (The Voice<br \/>\nof Orthodoxy). Nga viti 1983 deri m\u00eb 1989, At<br \/>\nIlia Katre sh\u00ebrbeu si Drejtor i aktivitetit<\/p>\n<p>studentor n\u00eb Kolegjin e Teologjis\u00eb \u201cKryqi i<br \/>\n\u00c7muar\u201d. N\u00eb dhjetor 1989, ai u em\u00ebrua prift i<br \/>\nkish\u00ebs orthodhokse t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Joanit, n\u00eb Las Ve\u00ad<br \/>\ngas, Nevada, ku administroi nd\u00ebrtimin e nj\u00eb<br \/>\nkishe t\u00eb stilit bizantin dhe t\u00eb nj\u00eb qendre<br \/>\nkomplekse komunitare, me vler\u00eb t\u00eb madhe prej<br \/>\nmiliona dollar\u00ebsh.<br \/>\nAt Ilia Katre i em\u00ebruar nga Patrikana e<br \/>\nStambollit m\u00eb 1992, punoi n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri gjat\u00eb 5<br \/>\nmuajve p\u00ebr t\u00eb ndihmuar n\u00eb ringritjen e Kish\u00ebs<br \/>\nOrthodhokse Shqiptare pas r\u00ebnies s\u00eb<br \/>\nkomunizmit. Ai sh\u00ebrbeu si Drejtor i Seminarit<br \/>\nOrthodhoks n\u00eb Durr\u00ebs, duke b\u00ebr\u00eb nj\u00ebkoh\u00ebsisht<br \/>\nudh\u00ebtime n\u00eb shum\u00eb vende n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri, duke<br \/>\nkryer sh\u00ebrbime, duke predikuar dhe duke<br \/>\norganizuar jet\u00ebn e enorive.<br \/>\nAt Ilia Katre \u00ebsht\u00eb diplomuar p\u00ebr teologji,<br \/>\nsi dhe ka b\u00ebr\u00eb master n\u00eb teologji. Ai ka qen\u00eb<br \/>\nan\u00ebtar i kryesis\u00eb s\u00eb Shoqat\u00ebs \u201cKryqi i \u00c7muar\u201d,<br \/>\nnj\u00eb shoqat\u00eb teologjike orthodhokse n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb<br \/>\ndhe i Shoqat\u00ebs Orthodhokse t\u00eb Krishter\u00eb<br \/>\nMjek\u00ebsore \u201cPsikologjia dhe Feja\u201d. Ai \u00ebsht\u00eb an\u00eb-<br \/>\ntar i Bordit t\u00eb Drejtor\u00ebve t\u00eb Institutit Orthodhoks<br \/>\nPatriarkal \u201cAthenagoras\u201d n\u00eb Berkley t\u00eb Ka-<br \/>\nlifornis\u00eb, \u00ebsht\u00eb an\u00ebtar i Komitetit Nd\u00ebrfetar t\u00eb<br \/>\nK\u00ebshillit Nacional p\u00ebr komunitetin dhe drejt\u00ebsin\u00eb<br \/>\ndhe ish-an\u00ebtar i Komisionit t\u00eb Nj\u00ebsis\u00eb Kristiane<br \/>\nt\u00eb Massacusets dhe i Klubit t\u00eb Ministrave n\u00eb<br \/>\nBoston.<br \/>\nSi Veqil i P\u00ebrgjithsh\u00ebm i Dioqez\u00ebs Or\u00ad<br \/>\nthodhokse Shqiptare ai b\u00ebn pjes\u00eb n\u00eb Kon-<br \/>\nferenc\u00ebn e P\u00ebrhershme t\u00eb Episkop\u00ebve Or-<br \/>\nthodhoks\u00eb kanonik\u00eb n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb dhe n\u00eb qershor<br \/>\n2002 ai p\u00ebrfaq\u00ebsoi Kish\u00ebn Orthodhokse<br \/>\nAutoqefale t\u00eb Shqip\u00ebris\u00ebs n\u00eb Sesionin e 8-t\u00eb<br \/>\nplenar t\u00eb dialogut zyrtar nd\u00ebrmjet Kish\u00ebs<br \/>\nOrthodhokse dhe Kish\u00ebs Katolike Romane, n\u00eb<br \/>\nBaltimore, Maryland.<br \/>\nMaj 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Material nga Qershor 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"nentitulli":"SHBA - 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