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Published by the Athens News Agency, October 21, 2005
Archbishop of Albania honoured by Athens Academy
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The Orthodox Archbishop of Tirana and all Albania Anastasios was made an honorary member of the Athens Academy on Friday, following a secret vote by its members.
An announcement by the Academy said that honorary membership was awarded to Greeks and foreigners that had made a significant contribution through their works or donations to the Greek nation, the Athens Academy or humanity in general.
Archbishop Anastasios has had a long and distinguished career as a theologian and senior cleric, both in Greece and abroad.
He has been an honorary member of the Moscow Theological Academy since 1998 and received the Dimitriu Staniloae diploma - the highest distinction for theologists established in Romania - in the year 2003.
In 2004, meanwhile, he was elected vice-president of the Meeting of European Churches.