Resurrection Cathedral (Tirana)

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Albanian Orthodox Resurrection Cathedral in Tirana: Katedralja e re ortodokse Ngjallja e Krishtit (Photo 2014)

The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ ( Albanian  Katedralja e Ngjalljës së Krishtit ) is one of the most important sacred buildings in the Albanian capital Tirana . Opened in 2012, the cathedral belongs to the Albanian Orthodox Church . It stands southwest of Skanderbeg Square between the headquarters of the Socialist Party and the Ministry of Defense.

The building consists of a large domed building and an adjacent 46 meter high bell tower . The bell tower consists of four oversized Easter candles , which symbolize the four evangelists. The stairs in the tower lead to the 16 bells and a clock. The dome has a diameter of 26 meters and is 23 meters high. The complex also includes one large and three small chapels, an administrative building of the Holy Synod, a cultural center, a small museum, a reading room and a kind of amphitheater .

The construction of the main building is based on the Hagia Sophia  in Istanbul. The modern mosaics are considered to be the largest in the Balkans . In the dome they extend over 586 square meters and show Christ Pantocrator in a blue sky with golden rays and circles. The three mosaics in the main apse , the north-eastern apse and the northwestern apse per 87 square meters. The wall decorations were created by Liliana and Josif Droboniku between 2010 and 2016. Most of the wall paintings in the church are by Christos Papanikolaou.

The first Orthodox cathedral in Tirana

The historic main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Albania was demolished in the late 1950s for the construction of the Socialist Palace of Culture . After that, a church on Rruga e Kavajës served as the main church of the Orthodox Albania.

The contract for the new building was awarded in 2002 to the Papdatos Partnership architecture firm from New York , which specializes in the restoration of Byzantine churches. The construction time was eight years. The opening on June 24, 2012 commemorated the 20th anniversary of the office of Anastasios Yannoulatos , Archbishop of Tirana and all of Albania. On June 1, 2014, the cathedral was inaugurated in the sea of ​​houses in Tirana during a celebration of the divine liturgy . In addition to the President Bujar Nishani , Prime Minister Edi Rama , Parliament President Ilir Meta and Lulzim Basha (chairman of the Democratic Party and Mayor of Tiranas), the heads of various Orthodox churches from all over the world were present at the ceremony : the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople , Bartholomeos I. , Patriarch Theophilus III. of Jerusalem, Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens, Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw, Irinäus I , the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church , as well as representatives of the Church of Alexandria , Antioch , Russia , Georgia , Bulgaria and America .

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  • Steven Papadatos: Sacred Symbolism in Modern Form . In: Argjiro, Andi Rembeci (Ed.): Art & Trashëgimi . Trashëgimia ortodokse e Shqipërisë, No. 7 . Tirana 2016, ISBN 978-9928-14407-2 , pp. 108 f .

Web links

Commons : Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Opening of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Albania. In: Orthodox Christian Mission Center. July 3, 2012, accessed August 20, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Ora News: Inagurohet Katedralja ortodokse Ngjallja e Krishtit . In: Infoarkiv. June 24, 2012, accessed August 20, 2013 (Albanian).
  3. ↑ Steven Papadatos: Sacred Symbolism in Modern Form . In: Argjiro, Andi Rembeci (Ed.): Art & Trashëgimi . Trashëgimia ortodokse e Shqipërisë, No. 7 . Tirana 2016, ISBN 978-9928-14407-2 , pp. 108 f .
  4. ↑ Ylli Drishti: The Mosaics of the Orthodox Cathedral in Tirana . In: Argjiro, Andi Rembeci (Ed.): Art & Trashëgimi . Trashëgimia ortodokse e Shqipërisë, No. 7 . Tirana 2016, ISBN 978-9928-14407-2 , pp. 113 .
  5. ↑ Vladimir Myrtezai: Kohë e ndalur dhe lajmi i lindjes së Krishtit nën kupolën e artë . In: Argjiro, Andi Rembeci (Ed.): Art & Trashëgimi . Trashëgimia ortodokse e Shqipërisë, No. 7 . Tirana 2016, ISBN 978-9928-14407-2 , pp. 128-130 .
  6. ↑ Information from the English Wikipedia: 1
  7. ↑ a b Inaugurohet Katedralja Ortodokse. In: Top Channel . June 24, 2012, accessed August 20, 2013 (Albanian).
  8. ↑ Shenjtërohet Katedrales “Ngjallja e Krishtit”. In: Mapo. June 1, 2014, archived from the original on August 5, 2014 ; Retrieved June 1, 2014 (Albanian).

Coordinates: 41 ° 19 ′ 35.3 ″  N , 19 ° 49 ′ 2.5 ″  E