From dawn they arrive loyal from every corner of Albania for “Last Hire” to their Shepherd – Picture from the Cathedral of the Resurrection
Albanian politicians and personalities, as well as clergymen in the country, are in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of the Lord in Tirana, to bid farewell to the blessed Archbishop Anastasios.
The funeral sequence, in a climate of emotion, ends in the forefront of Ecumenical Patriarch of Bartholomew. In the funeral service, Orthodox Patriarchs, Archbishops, Ecclesiastical Delegations, a spokesman for the World Council of Church, representatives of the Vatican, as well as the leaders of the religious communities in Albania, are present in the funeral.
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This is given by PASOK-KINAL, among other things Nikos Androulakisthe president of SYRIZA-PS Socratesthe Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, The Minister of Education Kyriakos Pierrakakis, ND MEP Freddie Beleris, the Nikos Filis, the Nikos Farantouris, Pyrros Dimas.
The funerals
The funerals are ongoing. The Ecumenical Patriarch, the Archdiocese of the Archdiocese of Albania, Metropolitan of Koritsa Ioannis, the Coordinator of the World Council of Church Bishop Heinrich Bedform-Strohm, the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mithotakis and Edi.
In his funeral the Kyriakos Mitsotakis He mentioned characteristically:
“We dare hope. In these 3 words, I think the life and action of the hierarch we say goodbye today. Because exactly the boldness and hope were the two compasses that always led Anastasios to this miraculous journey, a route steadily next to man and his rights. When as a humble missionary in Africa of hungry children, sometimes as a quiet support for children in Greece of dictatorship. And of course as a great restoist and persistent pioneer of Orthodoxy in Albania. In this greatness of a distinct personality we bow down because the Archbishop of Tirana and all Albania was at the same time an intellectual of faith and a mere servant of his neighbor. In other words, a shining example of wisdom and action.
It leaves an incomplete gap not only in its place and in our hometown, not only in all the places that the heart of Hellenism beats for which a true lighthouse has been for decades. Lighthouse of love and offer, courtesy and simplicity, persuasion and effective. Lighthouse of Orthodoxy and Orthodox Christian faith.
Most of them here are well aware of what Anastasios has achieved from the first hour he arrived in Albania in the distant 1991, in a deserted country after the passage of an authoritarian regime, with our Christian hunted and expatriates on the sidelines. ”
Crowds of people with flowers in hands – strict security measures in the temple
From dawn they reach faithful from every corner of Albania for the “last rejoice” to their shepherd. Hundreds of children attending schools founded by the Archbishop are already in Cathedral, with flowers in the hands.
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The Albanian Police have taken security measures in the area around the cathedral.
Source :Skai
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