Visarion Xhuvani
Today is commemorated the death anniversary of the prominent theologian, the determined fighter to autocephalous Albanian Orthodox Church, Archbishop, who for many years led the Albanian Orthodox Church, Visarion Xhuvani. After he completed the Theological University of Athens and PHD in Theological University of Cambridge, he taught at the Theological University of Athens, then led the Royal Church of Greece in Sofia and served as Arqimandrit in Romania. In homeland, he was the organizer of the Church Congress of Berat and Korca that declared the autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Albania. He died on December 14th, 1965.
You may also like
-
February 5th, 1887 was born the patriot and doctor Omer Nishani
-
February 5th, 1915 was born Petrika Merlika (Kruja)
-
February 5th, 1938 died the doctor Hajdar Vlora, nephew of Ismail Qemali
-
February 5th, 1945 Radio Prizreni began transmitting in Albanian language
-
February 5th, 1978 the premiere of the operetta “Karnavalet” at TOB