New Albanian primate to be elected on Sunday

New Albanian primate to be elected on Sunday

Tirana, March 14, 2025

Photo: orthodoxalbania.org The next primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church is set to be elected this coming Sunday, March 16.

The Chief Secretariat of the Holy Synod announced yesterday:

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania announces that the election of the new Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania, to succeed the late Archbishop Anastasios, will take place on the Second Sunday of Lent, March 16, 2025, at the Synodical Center, after the Divine Liturgy. The procedure will follow the provisions of the statutes of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania.

The previous primate, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios, reposed in the Lord on New Albanian primate to be elected on SundayArchbishop Anastasios of Albania reposes in the LordHis Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania reposed in the Lord this morning at the age of 95.

“>January 25, after resurrecting and guiding the Albanian Church for more than 30 years.

His Eminence Metropolitan John of Korça has been serving as Locum Tenens of the Albanian Church since the Archbishop’s repose.

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Source: Orthodox Christianity