6 each year. Theophany commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, the wedding at Cana and the visit of the Magi. The Orthodox church celebrates the blessings of water during Theophany.” ...

Archbishop Anastasios, head of the Orthodox Church of Albania, died at a hospital in Athens at the age of 95 on Saturday, the ...

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He led the Albanian Orthodox Church for nearly 33 years. Under his leadership, after the fall of communism, more than 400 parishes were reopened and several new churches were built to support ...

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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.

Archbishop Anastasios, the head of the Albanian Orthodox Church for three decades, has died aged 95 in an Athens hospital after being airlifted to the Greek capital following a virus infection.