{"id":67296,"date":"2025-02-22T13:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2020\/?p=67296"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:26:39","slug":"announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/en\/2025\/02\/22\/announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Synod of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Announcement<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania announces that the forty-day memorial of the passing from this life of the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania, his Beatitude Anastasios, will be held on Saturday, March 1st, 2025, at the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral in Tirana, following the Divine Liturgy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This will be followed by a Trisagion service at the grave side 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