Archbishop of Albania pays tribute to Late Archbishop Anastasios at Inter-Orthodox Monastic Gathering

Archbishop Ioannis of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, Primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, took part on 13 October 2026 in the 5th Inter-Orthodox Monastic Synaxis and delivered the speech dedicated to the late Archbishop Anastasios.

The 5th Inter-Orthodox Monastic Synaxis is held from 13 to 15 October 2026 at the Holy Monastery of Faneromeni in Lefkada and is dedicated to the memory of the late Archbishop Anastasios. It is organized by the Holy Metropolis of Lefkada and Ithaca and by the Holy Monastery of Faneromeni, under the auspices of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece.

He arrived in Lefkada on 12 October 2026 and was welcomed by the Abbot of the Monastery, Father Nikiforos. He was accompanied by Protopresbyter Spyridon Topantzas, Protosynkellos of the Archdiocese of Tirana, by Fr Charalambos Giokas and by Fr Nikolaos Kondelis; the Byzantine choir from Tirana, under the direction of Theodoros Petsis, took part in the visit as well.

Present at the Synaxis were Metropolitan Theophilos of Lefkada and Ithaca, Metropolitan Gregorios of Ankyra, representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Chalkis, Istiaia and the…