Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the communist regime in the country, has died

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania passed away on Saturday in an Athens hospital where he was receiving treatment

Archbishop Anastasios, head of the Orthodox Church of Albania, died at a hospital in Athens at the age of 95 on Saturday, the church announced.

Anastasios played a key role in reviving the church in Albania, an independent branch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, after being elected to lead it in 1992 following the fall of the communist regime which had ruled the Muslim-majority country for decades.