Half the population of the tiny Western Balkan country identifies as Muslim, with Orthodox and Catholic Christians making up much of the remainder. The Albanian Orthodox Church will elect ...

Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their fair share of cults of personality (cue the eponymous 1988 song by Living ...

The faith of the Orthodox community of Albania was certainly embodied in the life of our dear brother,” the pope said in his ...

Following news of the prelate’s death, Catholic Bishop Gjergj Meta of Rrëshen, Albania, praised the late Anastasios in a letter addressed to the Holy Synod of the Albanian Orthodox Church.

a predominantly Catholic city. She first heard about the Shoah during a 2016 week-long group visit to Yad Vashem that was organized by Albania’s Ministry of Culture. “We taught about World War ...

Catholic and other religions. According to the 2023 census, Orthodox believers in Albania make up about 7% of the 2.4 million population, although the church says the actual number is higher.

"The first phrase I learned in Albanian was Christ is risen" - The conversation was recorded in the autumn of 2017 and the ...

Albanian foreign minister Igli Hasani visited India last year and announced the of opening of embassies of both the countries ...

Francis said, making reference to the 2025 Jubilee. “The friendly relations between the Catholic Church and Albania and the Bektashi community benefit us all, and I am confident that these bonds ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country's Orthodox Church after the fall of the ...