{"id":2715,"date":"2025-01-27T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T12:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/body-of-late-archbishop-departs-for-albania-ahead-of-funeral\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T12:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T12:01:30","slug":"body-of-late-archbishop-departs-for-albania-ahead-of-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/body-of-late-archbishop-departs-for-albania-ahead-of-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of late archbishop departs for Albania ahead of funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1259826\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/anastasios_AP-320x200.jpg?v=1737970448\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/anastasios_AP-scaled.jpg?v=1737970448\" alt=\"Body of late archbishop departs for Albania ahead of funeral\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/anastasios_AP-960x600.jpg?v=1737970449\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>People pay tribute around the body of the late Albania&#8217;s Archbishop Anastasios during a religious ceremony inside the Athens Orthodox Cathedral, in Athens, Sunday. [AP]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The body of the late Archbishop Anastasios of Albania will depart from the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens on Monday, accompanied by the ceremonial band of the Hellenic Navy.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, it will be transported to Albania by road via the Kakavia border station, where an honorary guard will bid a final farewell. The body will be escorted by bishops from the Albanian Greek-Orthodox Church, along with representatives from the Church of Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival in Albania, the late archbishop will lie in state at Tirana Cathedral, where the faithful can pay their respects. The funeral service is scheduled for Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Anastasios passed away at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday after a prolonged hospitalization at Evangelismos Hospital due to multi-organ failure.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1259826\/body-of-late-archbishop-anastasios-to-depart-for-albania-on-tuesday\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People pay tribute around the body of the late Albania&#8217;s Archbishop Anastasios during a religious ceremony inside the Athens Orthodox Cathedral, in Athens, Sunday. 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