Today, Thursday, the funeral of the blessed Archbishop Anastasios will be held at the Magnificent Cathedral of the Resurrection in Tirana, with a large number of believers accompanying him to his last home.

Until the morning the faithful worship the scene of the blessed Archbishop, and on Wednesday night there was an overnight.

After the upright and Divine Liturgy, the funeral service is expected to begin at 12 hours of Greece and his burial, which will take place in a special crypt that he had prepared under the sacred step of the Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection in Tirana .

During the Exodus of Sequence, the Ecumenical Patriarch, the Officer of the Archdiocese of Albania, Metropolitan of Koritsa Ioannis, the Coordinator of the World Council of Church Heinrich Bedform-Strohm, the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister of the Bishop of Church Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama.

Who will attend the funeral

In Tirana will be today except for Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomewthe Archbishop of Athens Jeromethe Holy Synod of Albania, clergy and faithful from Albania, Greece and around the world, are going to attend the Albanian capital, among others, to pay tribute to the blessed Archbishop Anastasios.

Also at the ceremony will be attended by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Patriarch of Alexandria, the Archbishop of Cyprus as well as high -ranking ecclesiastical delegations from around the world. At the same time, a Vatican delegation will honor the deceased, recognizing the importance of his work, according to ERT.

PASOK-KINAL President will also attend Nikos Androulakisthe president of SYRIZA-PS Socratesthe Minister of Education but also ambassadors In Tirana, representatives of religious communities from Albania, but also by the Council of Churches and international organizations.