Archdiocese of Albania: The Archbishop’s views on Ukraine and Africa were clearly stated in his texts

Specifically, the announcement pointed out that the views of Archbishop Anastasios of Albania on these issues “have been clearly stated in his texts that have been responsibly published from 2019 until recently.”

In fact, the announcement clarified that any other interpretive effort “does not correspond to reality”.

In his recent commentary on the decision of the Russian Church to create an “Exarchate of Africa”, Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana had stated that “this is a painful development.”

He even added that claiming that there is no schism in Orthodoxy is like claiming that there is no coronavirus (“The claim that there is no schism in Orthodoxy but just disagreements is like the theory that there is no coronavirus”).