Basilica News Agency- Ștefana Totorcea - 15/5/21 A bust of Fr. Haralambie Balamace was unveiled in Korçë, Albania, on Monday, commemorating his martyrdom on Pascha night in 1914. The bronze statue was erected in the local Youth Park. The opening ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of Romania to Albania and representatives of the Aromanians in the ...
Basilica News Agency - 18/2/2020 The Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, was honored on Friday in Aachen, Germany with the international award Klaus Hemmerle for 2020, for his contribution to the rapprochement and peaceful coexistence of communities with different cultural and religious backgrounds. The awards ceremony was held at the emblematic Aachen ...
Church of Serbia - 11/12/2019 With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren and abbot Sava, Dechani monks, protosynchellos Andrej and hieromonk Peter visited Orthodox brothers and sisters in Durres and Tirana who have been hit by the recent devastating earthquakes. In the morning they first visited the Theological Academy and the orphanage of St. ...
UOJ - 29/11/2019 Abp. Anastasios of Albania believes that time does not heal schisms but only deepens them, and therefore, calls for the urgent Council to resolve the issue of the OCU. Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania, believes that the problem of resolving the pan-Orthodox crisis caused ...
Albanian Orthodox Church - January 2017 In a letter delivered on December 24th 2017, His Excellency Mr. Ilir Meta, President of the Republic of Albania, offered his heartfelt congratulations to His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania who was granted Albanian citizenship by presidential decree no. 10700/22.12.2017. The letter was handed to the archbishop ...
Albanian Orthodox Church - 28/9/17 On September 21st 2017 within an atmosphere of deep emotions the ceremony of granting the "Honorary Citizen" of Preveza Title to the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios was held. His Beatitude had not been in this city, where his mother was from, since 1933, when he ...
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago - 19/8/17 4TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS HELD IN DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS. Clergy, Administrators, Teachers, and Leaders from 25 Orthodox Christian Schools from 11 States and the Nations of Albania and Estonia Gather DES PLAINES, IL: On Friday and Saturday, August 11 and 12, St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox ...
Church of Serbia - 13/8/17 Saint Angelina was the daughter of Prince George Skenderbeg of Albania. Her mother’s name is not known, but she raised her daughter in Christian piety and taught her to love God. Saint Stephen Brancovich (October 9 and December 10), the ruler of Serbia, had come to Albania to escape those who wished ...
Jerusalem Patriarchate - September 2016 On Sunday, the 12th/25th of September 2016, the church dedicated to St John Vladimir, who suffered a martyr’s death in 1017, was officially inaugurated. The ceremony coincided with the 1000th anniversary of the death of St John. The church was constructed upon the inspiration, supervision and care of Metropolitan Amfilohije Radovic ...
LOI - August 2016 We are pleased to be able to publish the following short review of In Africa: Orthodox Christian Witness and Service by HE Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos of Albania who was the host of the first two LOI international consultations and continues to encourage us in our work together. “My sisters and brothers, on behalf ...
The Albanian Orthodox Church - August 2016 On Tuesday, August 2, on the day of the 24th anniversary of the enthronement of His Beatitude Anastasios as Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, a festive Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Church of the Analipsi (Ascension) in Librazhdi. It was a very special celebration, because it coincided ...
Iulian Dumitrascu - Romanian Orthodox News Agency - June - July 2016 Friday night, 24 June 2016, the ceremony for awarding the Primates of the Orthodox Autocephalous Churches, present at the Holy and Great Council, the title of Great Benefactors and Friends of the Orthodox Academy of Crete was held. It should be mentioned that the Ecumenical ...
The Albanian Orthodox Church - June 2016 On June 1, 2014 the consecration of the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral in Tirana marked both a spiritual and historic event for the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, which has already gained an undisputed autocephalous position into the bosom of the Orthodox Churches worldwide. In addition the event marked also ...
Aurelian Iftimiu - Romanian Orthodox Basilica Press Center Read below the statement by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Albania regarding the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church: Considering the debates that have recently arisen about the planned Holy Synod of Orthodoxy, we feel obliged to briefly emphasize the following: 1. The decision about the ...
The Albanian Orthodox Church - May - June 2016 Also Read: Archbishop Anastasios’ visit to the injured in the accident in Kruja on May 27, 2016 On Friday, May 27, a group of Orthodox pilgrims of the community of Saints Theodor Church in Vlora, had a tragic and fatal accident. After visiting the Monastery of St. Vlash ...
The Albanian Orthodox Church - May 2016 The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, in its meeting dated on April 7, 2016, held under the headship of His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, decided the establishment of two new Metropolis: 1. The Holy Metropolis of Apolonia and Fieri, which involves ...
Albanian Orthodox Church - April 2016 22 April 2016, Elbasan - Press Release (The Committee for Interfaith Cooperation in Elbasan responds to the smear and attacks of Mr. Nikolla Marku against the Church,against the new Metropolitan of Elbasan and other religious representatives) The Committee for Interfaith Cooperation in Elbasan has followed with concern, sympathy and compassion the latest statement ...
Church of Serbia - April 2016 Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral attended the enthronement of Metropolitan Nicholas of Apollonia and Fier at the Cathedral of Saint George in Fier, Albania, on 16 April 2016 as well as the enthronement of the new Metropolitan in Elbasan, Anthony. Metropolitan Nicholas has been a Vicar Bishop of Archbishop ...
Church of Albania - December 2015 The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania was awarded the Prize of Appreciation by the Albanian Student Movement '90-'91 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Freedom and Democracy in Albania. The event was organized on 8 December 2015 in Hotel Tirana International. The ceremony was attended by former students of ...
Church of Albania - December 2015 The promotion of the complete liturgical music book titled Anastasimatari, which was adapted and composed in Albanian by Theodhor Peci, Director of the School of Byzantine Music of our Church and leader of Byzantine Choir of Chanters "St. John Kukuzeli", took place on Wednesday, December 16, at the Hall of ...
On Monday, the 8th/21st of December 2015, His Excellency the Prime Minister of Albania, Mr Edi Rama, in the context of a visit to the state of Israel, visited the Patriarchate. He was accompanied by his esteemed wife and a group of his political associates. The Prime Minister and his retinue were welcomed at David’s Gate ...