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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 the fall of the country’s communist party in 1990. Anastasios, who was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania and also head of the Autocephalous Orthodox […]

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church in Albania, dies at 95

Tirana, Albania AP Albania’s Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Church after the fall of the communist regime in 1990, has died, the church said on Saturday. He was 95. Anastasios, the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania and head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, died in the intensive care unit […]

In pictures: Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas

AP Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday, 6th January, 2025. PICTURE: AP Photo. Christian Orthodox believers burn dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas Eve, in front of St Luke Church in Belgrade, Serbia, on […]

Wounded Ukrainian soldiers find solace in Greek monasteries

Mount Athos, Greece Reuters The Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Greece with marks of war – one with a head scar, another with both legs amputated above the knee, some with invisible mental wounds from a three-year conflict that has ravaged their homeland. The men, 22 in all, had taken a bus more than 1,000 kilometres […]