Citizens lit candles in front of the Orthodox Cathedral in Tirana to mourn their loss while the bells rang continuously. "He gave a lot to Albania especially for us as a nation where religion was ...

TIRANA, Albania — 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 the ...

A similar service was held at the main Greek orthodox Church cathedral in Athens before the procession travelled to Tirana. Born Anastasios Yannoulatos in Piraeus, Greece on Nov. 4, 1929, he ...