The election marks a new chapter for the Albanian Church, resonating with Greek communities worldwide who share in its rich ...

Father Bendo and his wife, Georgia, moved their family from Albania to Lewiston ... For more than a century, the city’s Greek Orthodox community has built not just a thriving spiritual home ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...