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		<title>Sacrilege offenders caused damage to the Cathedral of Apostle Paul and St. Astius in Fier in Albania.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 07:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 4, 2019 &#8211; According to Romfea News,  the offenders cause damage and stole money as well as devotional items from the Cathedral of Apostle Paul and St. Astius in Fier Albania. The incident in Fier was reported to the Albanian police, which is currently conducting an investigation. Sources: Romfea News &#8211; Sacrilege offenders caused damage to the Cathedral of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania published a protest on offencive book &#8220;Devils in Cassocks&#8221;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 19:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 2, 2017. PROTEST About a &#8220;novel&#8221; that insults Orthodox faithful and beyond, as well as the religious harmony in Albania &#160; From time to time certain groups create various rumors, with falsehoods and fabrications, to insult figures in the Orthodox Church. Recently at the Book Fair in Tirana an offensive book was presented. This was the so-called “novel” entitled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Orthodox book in Albania calls saints and clergy “Demons in Cassocks”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 27, 2017. Orthodox Christians in Albania were shocked and insulted by a presentation that took place during a recent book fair in the capital city of Tirana. The book that was unveiled, Demons in Cassocks, depicts Albania’s most beloved saint Kosmas of Aetolia, as well as the current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Albania begins charging for entrance to Orthodox holy sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 21, 2017. Pilgrims and visitors must now purchase tickets for the privilege of entrance into several Orthodox monasteries and churches throughout Albania, according to a recent governmental decision, reports aktines.blogspot.ru. Clergy have already called the decision another in a long line of restrictive measures directed against the Orthodox Church in Albania. The new paying regime applies to St. Nicholas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orthodox church profaned in Albania</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2017 06:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 18, 2017. The desecration of Orthodox churches, monasteries, and holy sites has become common practice in modern-day Albania. The latest scandal was caused by a report of the TV station Top Channel, reports AgionOros.ru. Inviting the audience to a jazz festival organized by the singer Eda Zari, the broadcast showed a music clip filmed inside an Orthodox church. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Destruction of Orthodox holy sites continues in Albania</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 15, 2017 &#8211; The Orthodox heritage in Albania has suffered another blow with the decay of the Monastery of St. Athanasius in Kato Lenitsa, founded in 1797. Due to the idleness of authorities, who confiscated the monastic buildings but undertook no measures to restore the landmark, the monastery sustained irreparable damage in the winter of 2017. The monastery currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Request for the Return of Churches, Monasteries and Sacred Objects</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 17, 2016. The Archdiocese of Albania convoked a clergy-laity assembly and she addressed a request to the State authorities by asking the return of Churches, Monasteries and sacred Objects, as the official website of the Archdiocese reports. Here is the Request of the Archdiocese: “Photos that show young girls, advertising wedding dresses on the despotic throne, or in front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communique of the Albanian Orthodox Church concerning the Hate Speech of a newspaper against the Orthodox Archbishop of Albania</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 10:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 1, 2016. The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania published a communique as an answer to the Albanian newspaper “Gazeta Shqiptare”, as the website of the Albanian Orthodox Church reports. “Each new press release of Mr. Nikolla Marku and of the group of people which motivates him, is as much delirious in kind as the previous statements made by him. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Albanian Orthodox Archbishop Anastasius speaks about the continuous persecution of the Albanian Orthodox Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2016 10:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 5, 2016. Archbishop Anastasius gave an interview and explained the situation in his Local Church, as the website agionoros reports. Today, the Orthodox Church of Albania is still persecuted by the authorities &#8220;which they have not yet returned the shrines, including many monasteries.&#8221; According to the archbishop, &#8220;it is not a matter of political authorities to determine what is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defamation of the Albanian Orthodox Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2015 14:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 17, 2015. The Albanian Orthodox Church published a press release reacting to the the session of the Albanian parliamentary assembly on 15th October, where it was a discussion about the destruction of the church of St Athanasius in Dhermi (Drymades). The Albanian Orthodox Church was accused that “at least during the last two years she has not given money [...]]]></description>
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