{"id":84793,"date":"2026-05-25T20:06:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=84793"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:06:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:06:45","slug":"dendias-visits-the-orthodox-cathedral-in-tirana-pays-tribute-at-archbishop-anastas-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/dendias-visits-the-orthodox-cathedral-in-tirana-pays-tribute-at-archbishop-anastas-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"Dendias visits the Orthodox Cathedral in Tirana, pays tribute at Archbishop Anastas\u2019 grave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"468\">As part of his official visit to Albania and meetings with senior representatives of the Albanian government, Greek Defense Minister <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Nikos Dendias<\/span><\/span> visited the Orthodox Cathedral of the \u201cResurrection of Christ,\u201d where he was received by the Archbishop of Tirana, Durr\u00ebs, and All Albania, His Beatitude Archbishop <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Joani<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"633\">\u201cDuring the visit, the Greek minister and Archbishop Joani held a meeting and conversation in a friendly atmosphere, exchanging views on issues of common interest.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"887\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Afterwards, Mr. Dendias, accompanied by Archbishop Joani, visited the grave of the late Archbishop <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Anastas Janullatos<\/span><\/span>, where he paid tribute in honor of his legacy and contribution,\u201d according to a statement distributed to the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of his official visit to Albania and meetings with senior representatives of the Albanian government, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias visited the Orthodox Cathedral of the \u201cResurrection of Christ,\u201d where he was received by the Archbishop of Tirana, Durr\u00ebs, and All Albania, His Beatitude Archbishop Joani. \u201cDuring the visit, the Greek minister and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":84794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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