Fr. Chris interviews His Beatitude Anastasios of Albania. Archbishop Anastasios has been an instrumental leader in the recent explosive growth of Orthodoxy in Albania.

As a young theologian, Anastasios Yannoulatos helped to establish Go Ye, a movement aimed at rekindling the missionary conscience of the Orthodox Church. Following his ordination in 1964, Father Anastasios set out for East Africa and celebrated his first Divine Liturgy in Uganda. Consecrated Bishop of Androussa by the Church of Greece in 1972, Bishop Anastasios returned to East Africa in 1980. He created a strong Orthodox Church by training native leaders and in 1982 officially opened the Archbishop Makarios III Orthodox Patriarchal Seminary in Nairobi, Kenya.

In 1991 after establishing a firm foundation for Orthodoxy in East Africa, the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected him Archbishop of Tirana, Durce and All Albania to revive the Autocephalous Church of Albania, a Church on the brink of collapse.His Beatitude has been the major force in the miraculous resurrection of the Albanian Orthodox Church. Seventy new churches have been built, 65 churches and five monasteries have been renovated and 130 churches repaired by utilizing the talents of local architects, engineers, iconographers and other craftsmen. Presently, the Orthodox Church is one of the largest organizations in the country, promoting economic development and creating hundreds of jobs.

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