The orthodox community of Elbasan and the status of Autocephalous church issues
| Author | Nereida Omeri Shqerra |
| Pages | 84-89 |
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The orthodox communit
y
of Elbasan and the status of Autocephalous church
issues
Nerei
d
a Omeri S
hq
err
a
Ab
str
a
c
t
O
n 12.09.1922 the Congress o
f
Berat declared the administrative independence o
f
the
A
lbanian
O
rthodox Church with the following decision: "Congress delegates, clergy people, with
e
nthusiasm on behalf of all the clergy and the
O
rthodox people of
A
lbania, on the basis that
A
lbania was recognized by all the states of the world as an independent and sovereign state,
b
ased on the sacred canons o
f
the
O
rthodox Church: That in an independent state there is
an independent church, etc., having the
f
ollowing
A
utocephalous Churches: The Church o
f
Russia in 1771, the
O
rthodox Churches of
A
ustria in 1740, Bukovina in 1873, Greece in 1883,
S
erbia in 1880, Romania in 1856 and fi nally Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908 proclaim in the
name of the Holy Trinity united and indivisible (en onomati tis ajias, omousiu qe adhieretu
Triadhos)
A
utocephaly of the National
O
rthodox Church of
A
lbania.” (Beduli, 2006).
I
n this
sense main objective of this manuscript is the analysis of the orthodox community of
E
lbasan
and status of
A
utocephalous church issues.
K
e
y
words: orthodox community,
E
lbasan,
A
utocephalous church.
I
ntr
oduc
t
io
n
This statement ends with the call: "Long Live the
A
utoce
p
halous Church". The
above statement was signed b
y
the
f
ollowing
p
artici
p
ants: Korça-
A
t Josi
fi
, Dhori
H
avjari; Pogra
d
eci-
A
t Vasi
l
Mar
k
o, T
h
anas Kërx
h
a
ll
i; Bi
l
is
h
ti-
A
t Jorgji,
A
nastas
Ç
ekrezi; Kolonja-
O
shenar So
f
roni, Dhimitër Ndini; Leskoviku-
A
t Vangjel Çamce,
Thomo Pri
i; Përmeti-Dr.Stathi Kondi, Vasil Zoto; Te
p
elena; Kavaja-Pal Xhumari,
A
ndre
I
konomi; Tirana-Pa
p
a Simoni, Mark Hobdari;
E
lbasani-Vasil Lla
p
ushi, Simon
S
huteri
q
i; Sh
p
ati-Ta
q
Buda, Dhimitër Pa
p
aristo; Dibra-Leonidh Nishku, Kostë
P
a
ali; Berati-Perikli Kona, Ta
q
Tutulani; Vlora-Tol
A
ra
p
i, Jani Skrame; Fieri-Lon
X
oxa, Mit Qi
l
ica; Lus
h
nja-Tun Gjergji, L
l
azar Box
h
ja; Durrësi-
A
r
h
iman
d
rit Vissar
Xh
uvani, Jorgj Manus
h
i; Li
b
o
h
ova-S
p
iro Kati, S
hk
o
d
ra-Rist Gj
yb
a
b
i
q
, Gjo
k
Ni
k
o
ll
i
q
i;
G
jirokastra-Doctor Kondi; Delvina-K. Thomaj; The re
p
resentative o
f
the
p
re
f
ecture:
Llazar Puli; S
p
ecial Commissioner o
f
the Government: Harilla Dhosid.v. Berat 13-9
-
1922
(
X
h
uvani, 2008
)
.
The Statute o
f
the
A
lbanian Church consisted o
f
14 articles.
I
t was a
p
rovisional one
e
xce
p
t the
A
rticle 1 and
A
rticle 11, and would remain in
f
orce until the
Ep
isco
p
al
Sy
nod o
f
4 Bisho
p
s was dealt with, which would call the
E
cclesiastical
A
ssembl
y
within three months and make the Permanent Statute o
f
the Church on a
p
o
p
ulation
b
asis, re
ly
ing on a s
p
ecia
l
e
l
ection regu
l
ation (X
h
uvani, Hax
h
i
ll
azi, X
h
uvani, 2007).
A
rticle 10 o
f
the statute was o
f
great im
p
ortance because it stated that the church
l
anguage was
A
lbanian, but since some o
f
the clerg
y
and the Horus were not trained
in t
h
e ecc
l
esiastica
l
l
anguage an
d
l
ac
k
e
d
p
ro
p
er means, t
h
e
y
were given t
h
e rig
h
t
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