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 ...

Though he had taken the name Dimitri in the Orthodox Church years earlier, his identity and evolution as Father Dimitri was officially underway. He was also experiencing another new title – Dad.

This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort ... The building’s austere exterior masks a blaze of color inside. The vibrant red, blue, orange and ...

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall ...

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.