When I met the 80-year-old Berisha recently at the Albanian Democratic Party headquarters in Tirana, the similarities with Trump were striking.

In 1967, Albania declared itself the world’s first atheist state. Despite the religious persecution, Baba Mondi grew up in a devout family that had to practice its religious life in hiding.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the ...

Albania to Create a Vatican-Style, Bektashi State in Tirana TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country's Orthodox Church after the fall of the ...

Albania’s move to establish a peaceful Islamic State dedicated to tolerance is ... pluralistic approach to religion, dispelling stereotypes of Islam as a monolithic entity defined by strict ...

The faith of the Orthodox community of Albania was certainly embodied in the life of our dear brother,” the pope said in his ...

Anastasios is credited with having revived the Orthodox Church in Muslim-majority Albania after decades of “atheist” rule and fostered peace between Christians and Muslims. The Church on Satur ...

Albania’s Archbishop Anastasios ... which was literally raised from the ruins after the fall of the atheist regime,” the church said in a statement. “He rebuilt church life from the ground ...