Anastasios of Albania


Anastasios
Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania
Native name
Αναστάσιος Γιαννουλάτος
ChurchAutocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania
SeeTirana-Durrës
Installed24 June 1992
Term ended25 January 2025
PredecessorDamian (1974)
SuccessorJohn
Orders
Ordination24 May 1964
Consecration19 November 1972
Personal details
Born
Anastasios Yannoulatos

(1929-11-04)4 November 1929
Died25 January 2025(2025-01-25) (aged 95)
Athens, Greece
BuriedResurrection Cathedral, Tirana
DenominationEastern Orthodox Christianity
Alma materUniversity of Athens
University of Hamburg
University of Marburg
Makerere University
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Archbishop Anastasios, (Secular name: Anastasios Yannoulatos; Greek: Αναστάσιος Γιαννουλάτος; Albanian: Anastas Janullatos; 4 November 1929 – 25 January 2025), was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania and as such the primate and Head of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. He was elected in June 1992. He was Professor Emeritus of the National University of Athens and an honorary member of the Academy of Athens. Anastasios was one of the presidents of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. He was also the honorary president of the World Conference of Religions for Peace.