Orthodox Church of Albania

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Christian denomination autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church

The Orthodox Church of Albania is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church that serves as the primary Orthodox ecclesiastical body in Albania.

Aliases (3)

Albanian Orthodox Church ×4
Church of Albania ×1
Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination → autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church →
autocephalousSince	1937 →
country	Albania →
declaredIllegalIn	1967 →
denominationOf	Christianity →
ecclesiasticalTradition	Byzantine Rite →
followsCalendar	Revised Julian calendar →
followsChristology	Chalcedonian →
governance	episcopal → synodal →
hasBishop	Metropolitan of Apollonia and Fier → Metropolitan of Berat → Metropolitan of Elbasan → Metropolitan of Gjirokastër → Metropolitan of Korçë → Metropolitan of Shkodër →
hasCathedral	Resurrection of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, Tirana →
hasDoctrine	Nicene Creed →
hasMonasticTradition	yes →
headquartersLocation	Tirana →
headTitle	Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania →
inCommunionWith	Bulgarian Orthodox Church → Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople → Greek Orthodox Church → Romanian Orthodox Church → Russian Orthodox Church → Serbian Orthodox Church →
languageOfLiturgy	Albanian → Church Slavonic → Greek →
mainCathedralCity	Tirana →
mainFeast	Pascha →
memberOf	Eastern Orthodox communion →
persecutedDuring	Communist regime of Enver Hoxha →
primaryTerritory	Albania →
primate	Anastasios of Albania →
primateStartYear	1992 →
primateTitle	Archbishop Anastasios →
recognizedAutocephalyBy	Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy →
reorganizationPeriod	early 1990s →
reorganizedAfter	fall of communism in Albania →
see	All Albania → Durrës → Tirana →
selfDesignation	Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë →
territorialJurisdiction	Republic of Albania →
usesScripture	Bible →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Revised Julian calendar ("Albanian Orthodox Church") →	adoptedBy
Orthodox Church of Alexandria ("Albanian Orthodox Church") →	communionWith
Eastern Orthodox Christianity →	hasMajorChurch
Patriarchate of Constantinople ("Church of Albania") →	inCommunionWith
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) ("Albanian Orthodox Church") →	participatingBody
Polish Orthodox Church ("Albanian Orthodox Church") →	recognisedBy
Orthodox Church of Albania ("Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë") →	selfDesignation