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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]
The Catholic Church in Albania is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the numbers given by the government in 2011 it was stated that around 10.03% of the religious population is Catholic. [6] The Albanian census in 2023 note that 8% of Albanians are Catholic.
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.
Shqip; Slovenčina; Српски / srpski; ... This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. ... Churches in Albania (10 C, 31 P) D.
Albania is a secular and religiously diverse country with no official religion and thus, freedom of religion, belief and conscience are guaranteed under the country's constitution. [2] Islam is the most common religion in Albania, followed by Christianity, though religiosity is low and there are many irreligious Albanians.
Source: [9] [10] 1–2 January – New Year holidays; 14 March – Day of summer; 22 March – Nowruz Day; 30 March – Eid al-Fitr; 20 April – Catholic Easter Sunday; 20 April – Orthodox Easter; 1 May – Labour Day; 6 June – The Day of Kurban Bayram; 5 September – Saint Teresa's Consecration Day; 28 November – Flag and Independence Day
Saint Procopius Church of Tirana (Albanian: Kisha e Shën Prokopit) is an Orthodox church on the outskirts of Tirana, Albania. It was one of only two Orthodox churches that existed in the city before World War II , [ 1 ] the other one being the 19th-century Evangelismos Church , which was demolished in 1967.
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 ...