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Archbishop Anastasios, a key figure in global Orthodoxy, died at the age of 95. He led the Albanian Orthodox Church since 1992, revitalizing it after its communist-era ban.

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Anastasios played a key role in reviving the church in Albania, an independent branch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, after being elected to lead it in 1992 following the fall of the communist regime which had ruled the Muslim-majority country for decades.

Archbishop Anastasios, an ecumenical movement leader credited with helping to revitalize the Orthodox Church in Muslim-majority Albania, has died at the age of 95

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the communist regime in the country, has died

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece at the Maximos Mansion on Monday. The meeting reflected on the loss of Archbishop Anastasios of Albania, hailed for his remarkable legacy in rebuilding the Church in Albania,