Albania’s Orthodox church elects new leader, Archbishop Joan
Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990 ...
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Albanian Orthodox Church leader in ‘critical condition,’ hospitalized in Greece
In August 2022, World Council of Churches Acting General Secretary Ioan Sauca sent the archbishop a letter congratulating him on marking 30 years as head of the Albanian Church. "We join our ...
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Albanian Orthodox Church head Archbishop Anastasios, 95, dies in Greek hospital
The head of the Albanian Orthodox Church ... He had been taken to the Greek capital on a Greek air force plane four days after being admitted to hospital in Tirana with what Church officials ...
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Albania’s Orthodox church elects new leader, Archbishop Joan
Two metropolitans among them were excluded due to their Greek citizenship ... Catholic and other churches. Joan is the sixth head of the Albanian Orthodox Church. According to the 2023 census ...
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Albanian Orthodox Church head Archbishop Anastasios, 95, dies in Greek hospital
During his tenure, he built several churches including the huge Orthodox ... He was also seen as a spokesman for the Greek minority in Albania (23,485 people out of a total population of 2.4 ...
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Albania's Orthodox church elects new leader, Archbishop Joan
Two metropolitans among them were excluded due to their Greek citizenship ... Catholic and other churches. Joan is the sixth head of the Albanian Orthodox Church. According to the 2023 census ...