Anastasios of Albania

Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania (secular name: Anastasios Yannoulatos (Greek: Αναστάσιος Γιαννουλάτος, Albanian: Anastas Janullatos); born 4 November 1929) is 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. Professor Emeritus of the National University of Athens. Honorary Member of the Academy of Athens. Anastasios is one of the presidents of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. He is also the honorary president of the World Conference of Religions for Peace.


Anastasios
Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania
Installed2 August 1992
PredecessorDamian (1974)
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Born
Anastasios Yannoulatos

(1929-11-04) 4 November 1929
Piraeus, Greece
Alma materUniversity of Athens
University of Hamburg
University of Marburg
Makerere University
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