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[[Image:AnastasiosOfAlbania.jpg|right|frame|Abp. Anastasios of Albania]]
His Beatitude '''Anastasios (Yannoulatos), Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania''' (born 1929- d. [[January 25]] 2025) is the current was [[primate]] of the [[Church of Albania]]. Besides being a prolific writer, Anastasios is known for his [[missionary]] initiatives in East Africa and critical leadership in the resurrection of the Albanian church in the 20th century after it was decimated by the Communist regime.
==Life==
In 1991, following the fall of the communist government of Albania and the ensuing political changes, Abp. Anastasios was appointed by the Ecumenical Patriarch [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Bartholomew I]] to be the Patriarchal [[Exarch]] for the Albanian Church with the mandate to re-establish the Autocephalous [[Church of Albania]] without regard to the ethnic origin of its people. He was named Archbishop of Tirana on [[June 24]], 1992 and [[enthronement|enthroned]] on [[August 2]], 1992. For this challenge, Abp. Anastasios drew on his academic work and field accomplishments in East Africa to establish the structure to train local leaders. Under his leadership, the church opened a seminary with more than eighty students and within two years increased the Albanian [[clergy]] from eleven to fifty six.
His Beatitude ANASTASIOS, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, Primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, entered into eternal rest this friday, January 25, 2025, at the age of 95, at the "EVANGELISMOS" hospital in Athens.
==See also==
| before = Damian (Kokoneshi)
| title = Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania
| years = 1992–present1992–2025
| after = —}}
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[[Category:University of Athens Theology School Graduates]]
[[Category:Modern Writers]]
[[ro:Anastasie (Yannoulatos) al Albaniei]]
