Following the publication of what some critics say is an inaccurate 2011 Population Census in Albania, Archbishop Anastasios was accused by some Albanians of “unconstitutional acts” and of having worked with extreme Greek national circles for “anti-Albanian activity against Albania’s territorial integrity”.
In such a framework, 42 Tirana archdiocese Orthodox clergymen released a joint statement in defense of Abp. Anastasios Yannoulatos. Their attitude comes after strong reactions against the Red and Black Alliance, in support of Archbishop Anastasios and after a census that claimed a miniscule amount of Orthodox Christians lived in Albania.
It was reported that a death threat was also made against the Archbishop and his supporters denounced what they described as being a “sick, slanderous attack” against him. They said criticism against him for his assertions the census was false were just a “morbid figment of imagination” and are “completely unfair as they distort the truth”.
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