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Showing posts with label Archbishop Anastasios of Albania. Show all posts
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January 29, 2025
January 28, 2025
Anastasios, Jewel of Resurrectional Life (Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)
Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania was admitted to a Tirana hospital on 30 December 2024 due to a "seasonal virus", and was airlifted by the Hellenic Air Force to Athens four days later and admitted to Evangelismos Hospital, where he underwent emergency laparoscopic surgery to treat gastrointestinal bleeding. He died from multiple organ failure on 25 January 2025, at the age of 95.
By decision of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, his tabernacle was placed the following day at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens to be venerated by the faithful.
By decision of His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece, on 26 January 2025 His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, as Vice-President of the Holy Synod, in the presence of the sacred tabernacle of the late Archbishop of Anastasios.
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Albania declared a five-day period of ecclesiastical mourning. The funeral service will be held at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Tirana on 30 January, where he will be buried in a special crypt under the cathedral.
By decision of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, his tabernacle was placed the following day at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens to be venerated by the faithful.
By decision of His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece, on 26 January 2025 His Eminence Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, as Vice-President of the Holy Synod, in the presence of the sacred tabernacle of the late Archbishop of Anastasios.
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Albania declared a five-day period of ecclesiastical mourning. The funeral service will be held at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Tirana on 30 January, where he will be buried in a special crypt under the cathedral.
The following video depicts Metropolitan Hierotheos on the morning of 28 January handing over the sacred tabernacle of the late Archbishop Anastasios to the people of Albania at the border between Greece and Albania, sending him off with the singing of "Christ is Risen".
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