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 ...

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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 ...

Anastasios, who was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania and also head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, died on Jan. 25 in Athens. He was 95.

Only a small percentage of servicemen that the IDF categorizes as ultra-Orthodox actually identify that way, invalidating the army’s recruitment figures, a prominent researcher told lawmakers on ...

According to the 2023 census, Orthodox Christians in Albania make up about 7% of the country’s 2.4 million population, although the church says the actual number is higher.

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