Orthodox Church of Albania

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Orthodox_Church_of_Albania
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:World_Council_of_Churches
gptkb:Conference_of_European_Churches
gptkbp:autocephalyGrantedBy 1937
gptkbp:calendar gptkb:Revised_Julian_calendar
gptkbp:cathedral gptkb:Resurrection_of_Christ_Cathedral,_Tirana
gptkbp:country gptkb:Albania
gptkbp:district 6
gptkbp:established 1922
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Christmas
gptkb:Easter
gptkb:Epiphany
gptkb:Dormition_of_the_Theotokos
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Tirana
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Orthodox Church of Albania
gptkbp:language gptkb:Albanian
gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Anastasios_Yannoulatos
gptkbp:leaderTitle gptkb:bishop
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_communion
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Kisha_Ortodokse_Autoqefale_e_Shqipërisë
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:St._George_Cathedral,_Durrës
gptkb:St._Nicholas_Church,_Voskopoja
gptkbp:notableEvent First Albanian-language liturgy in 1908
Persecution under Enver Hoxha
Reopening of churches after 1990
Suppressed during Communist era
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Saint_Cosmas_of_Aetolia
gptkb:Saint_John_Vladimir
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Ardenica_Monastery
gptkb:Orthodox_Theological_Academy,_Durrës
gptkb:St._Mary_Monastery,_Apollonia
gptkb:St._Nicholas_Monastery,_Mesopotam
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Ngjallja_(church_newspaper)
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Anastasios_Yannoulatos
gptkb:Visarion_Xhuvani
gptkb:Fan_Noli
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church_of_Albania
gptkbp:philanthropy gptkb:Diakonia_Agapes
gptkbp:populationEstimate 500,000
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
gptkbp:restored 1991
gptkbp:rite gptkb:Byzantine_Rite
gptkbp:status autocephalous
gptkbp:symbol double-headed eagle
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Albania
gptkbp:website https://orthodoxalbania.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Greek_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4