Archbishop of Albania



Volume 7 Number 43 - Tuesday, October 25, 2005	A Publication of the ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN LAITY

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Published by the Athens News Agency, October 21, 2005

Archbishop of Albania honoured by Athens Academy

    The Orthodox Archbishop of Tirana and all Albania Anastasios was made an honorary member of the Athens Academy on Friday, following a secret vote by its members.

    An announcement by the Academy said that honorary membership was awarded to Greeks and foreigners that had made a significant contribution through their works or donations to the Greek nation, the Athens Academy or humanity in general.

    Archbishop Anastasios has had a long and distinguished career as a theologian and senior cleric, both in Greece and abroad.

    He has been an honorary member of the Moscow Theological Academy since 1998 and received the Dimitriu Staniloae diploma - the highest distinction for theologists established in Romania - in the year 2003.

    In 2004, meanwhile, he was elected vice-president of the Meeting of European Churches.

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