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The 2011 population census, gives the percentages of religious affiliations with 58% Muslim, 10% Catholic, 7% Orthodox and 25% atheist, nonreligious or other since the fall of Communism in 1991. [5] However the 2011 census is disputed due to poor counting of the population and the inability to reach most citizens. [6]
5 Dormition of the Theotokos church: Libohovë: 13th century Eastern Orthodox: 6 Holy Resurrection Church: Mborje: 896 or 12-14th century Eastern Orthodox: 7 Sacred Heart Church: Tirana: 1939 Roman Catholic: 8 St. Nicholas Church: Perondi: 11th century Eastern Orthodox: 9 St. Athanasius Church: Moscopole: 1721 Eastern Orthodox: 10 St. Elijah ...
Distribution of Catholic believers in Albania as according to the 2011 census. According to the 2011 Albanian census, 10.03% of the population affiliated with Catholicism, while 56.7% were Muslims, 13.79% undeclared, 6.75% Orthodox believers, 5.49% other, 2.5% Atheists, 2.09% Bektashis and 0.14% other Christians. [9]
Albania differs from other regions in the Balkans in that the peak of Islamization in Albania occurred much later: 16th century Ottoman census data showed that sanjaks where Albanians lived remained overwhelmingly Christian with Muslims making up no more than 5% in most areas (Ohrid 1.9%, Shkodra 4.5%, Elbasan 5.5%, Vlora 1.8%, Dukagjin 0% ...
The number of Evangelical Protestants in Albania has risen from approximately 8000 in 1998, [4] to approximately 14,000 in the early 2020s. [5] However, in the 2011 census, 70% of respondents refused to declare belief in any of the listed faiths.
The earliest organized Albanian dioceses were set up under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (now Orthodox Church in America), because the Church of Constantinople would not allow the rise of any Albanian Orthodox Church and officially opposed the use of the Albanian language in churches until 1937 when the Autocephalic ...
During 1999, when Albania accepted waves of refugees from Kosovo, the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, in collaboration with donors and other international religious organizations (especially ACT and WCC), led an extensive humanitarian program of more than $12 million, hosting 33,000 Kosovars in its two camps, supplying them with food ...
Also in Albania only 36.8% of the males are circumcised, with the rate being 46.5% for those from Muslim background even though for Muslims in general it is an almost universal Islamic custom. [42] [43] [44] [45]