TIRANA - Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious tolerance, Prime ...

Half the population of the tiny Western Balkan country identifies as Muslim, with Orthodox and Catholic Christians making up much of the remainder. The Albanian Orthodox Church will elect ...

Pope Francis meeting with Haxhi Baba Edmond Brahimaj of the Muslim Bektashi community and Rabbi Yoel Kaplan, Chief Rabbi of Albania, on Jan. 16, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen Did the pope ...

The head of the Albanian Orthodox Church, who was airlifted to Athens due to complications from a virus earlier this month, has died aged 95, the hospital said Saturday.

more than 400 parishes were reopened and several new churches were built to support the faith and piety of Albania’s Orthodox communities in the predominantly Muslim nation. Born on Nov. 4 ...