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Thousands of Albanians pay last respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after ...
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Albania to build museum to citizens who saved Jews during Holocaust
Christians and Muslims sacrificed everything to protect them,” said Elva Margariti, Albania’s minister of culture. “For Albanians this is BESA; it is a value that we will pass on to our ...
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Archbishop Anastasios – His unpublished interview: “Rich churches should not keep everything for themselves”
"The first phrase I learned in Albanian was Christ is risen" - The conversation was recorded in the autumn of 2017 and the ...
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Albanian Orthodox Church head Archbishop Anastasios, 95, dies in Greek hospital
Anastasios is credited with having revived the Orthodox Church in Muslim-majority Albania after decades of "atheist" rule and fostered peace between Christians and Muslims. The Church on Saturday ...
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Albania plans Sufi Muslim microstate within its borders
Albania plans to establish a sovereign Muslim ... largest religious community in Albania after Sunni Muslims, Orthodox ...