Anastasios of Albania
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His Beatitude Anastasios |
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| Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania | |
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| Installed | 2 August 1992 |
| Term ended | Incumbent |
| Predecessor | Damian (1973) |
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| Birth name | Anastasios Yannoulatos |
| Born |
4 November 1929 Piraeus, Greece |
| Alma mater |
University of Athens University of Hamburg University of Marburg Makerere University |
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Styles of The Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania |
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| Reference style | His Beatitude |
| Spoken style | Your Beatitude |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | N/A |
Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania (born Anastasios Yannoulatos Greek: Αναστάσιος Γιαννουλάτος, Albanian: Anastas Janullatos, 4 November 1929) is the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania and as such the primate and Head of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox . He was elected on June 1992. Professor Emeritus of the National University of Athens. Honorary Member of the Academy of Athens. Archbishop Anastasios is one of the presidents of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. Honorary President of the World Conference of Religions for Peace.
He is the current head of the . He speaks Greek, Albanian and some English. His work included charity in Africa in his early years prior to becoming the Archbishop of Albania.
Yannoulatos was born in Piraeus, Greece.
Yannoulatos obtained a Certificate of High School (1947, with High Honours). B.D. of the National University of Athens (1952, with High Honours), then carried out post-graduate studies in History of Religions, Ethnology, Missions, and Africanology in the Universities of Hamburg and Marburg. Research in the Makerere University College, Kampala – Uganda, as scholar (1965–69) of the German Foundation Alexander von Humboldt. ThD of the Theological Faculty of the National University of Athens (1970, Summa cum laude). During his military service (1952–54) he attended the Schools of the Reserve Offices of Syros and of the MB Signals (to both first in rank and chief of School). He studied various religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, African religions, Islam) in the countries where they prosper (e.g. India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Korea, Japan, China, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Brazil, Caribbean, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Turkey). Besides Modern and Ancient Greek, he also speaks English, French, German (fluently), Latin, Italian, Spanish, Albanian, Russian and Kiswahili (working knowledge).
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