Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church_of_Albania
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Albanian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Orthodox_Church_of_Albania
gptkbp:autocephalyDeclared 1922
gptkbp:autocephalyRecognizedByEcumenicalPatriarchate 1937
gptkbp:country gptkb:Albania
gptkbp:district 5
gptkbp:ecclesiasticalJurisdiction gptkb:Albania
gptkbp:firstPrimate gptkb:Visarion_Xhuvani
gptkbp:founded 1922
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Fan_Noli
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Tirana,_Albania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania
gptkbp:languageOfWorship gptkb:Albanian
gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:mainCathedral gptkb:Resurrection_of_Christ_Cathedral,_Tirana
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:World_Council_of_Churches
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Communion
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:St._Mary_Church,_Elbasan
gptkb:St._George_Cathedral,_Durrës
gptkb:St._Nicholas_Church,_Voskopoja
gptkbp:notableEvent Suppressed during Communist regime (1967–1991)
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Archbishop_Anastasios_Yannoulatos
gptkb:Visarion_Xhuvani
gptkb:Fan_Noli
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 500,000
gptkbp:primate gptkb:Archbishop_Anastasios_of_Tirana,_Durrës_and_All_Albania
gptkbp:restorationOfReligiousFreedom 1991
gptkbp:rite gptkb:Byzantine_Rite
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Albania
gptkbp:usesCalendar gptkb:Revised_Julian_calendar
gptkbp:website https://orthodoxalbania.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Orthodox_Church_of_Albania
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5