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Post by rex362 on Dec 20, 2012 15:54:39 GMT -5
Merry Christmas to all our Christian Albanian brothers and sisters and a happy New year as well
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Post by rex362 on Dec 20, 2012 16:00:33 GMT -5
The Christian Saints of Albania
Robert Elsie Olzheim, Germany
The present compendium of information focuses on the historical evolution of the cults of Christian saints who were particularly revered in Albania, endeavoring thus to throw light on some of the cultural peculiarities of traditional Christian faith in that country.
When dealing with Christianity and its long history in Albania, it is essential to distinguish from the start between Christianity on Albanian soil and Christianity among the Albanians as a people. Albania was in fact one of the earliest countries of Europe to come into contact with Christianity and it has a particularly long and diverse history with this faith. We know that there were relatively early Christian settlements along the Illyrian coast. First to have preached the gospel in Albania may have been Saint Paul himself who states, "So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ" (Romans 15:19). The apostle Andrew is also believed to have preached in Epirus. There were at any rate a number of Christian families living in the port of Durrës in 58 A.D. and by the 4th to 5th centuries, Christianity had left recognizable traces throughout the country.
Christian bishops from Dardania and Macedonia Salutare, i.e., dignitaries from the present eastern Albania and Kosova, are known to have been among those who took part in the first Ecumenical Council, which was convened in Nicaea in 325 A.D. by the Emperor Constantine (r. 307-337 A.D.), among other things in order to stem the rise of Arianism in the empire. There were also five or six bishops from Dardania, New Epirus and Old Epirus at the Council of Sardica in 343-344 A.D. Half a century later, in 395, Illyrian Albania was among the first parts of the empire to feel the initial cleft between Eastern Rome and Western Rome, for it found itself from the very start on the cultural and political border between the Byzantine East and the Italian West. It drew and benefited from both cultures but also suffered immensely over the centuries from conflicts between the two halves of the empire. In actual fact, we know little about the early Christian Church in Albania since all the ecclesiastical structures there were swept away with the Slavic invasion and settlement of Albania around the year 600. The following Dark Ages in Albania were dark indeed.
more good reading : home.olemiss.edu/~mldyer/balk/article2.html
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2012 16:02:06 GMT -5
The Christian Saints of Albania
Robert Elsie Olzheim, Germany
The present compendium of information focuses on the historical evolution of the cults of Christian saints who were particularly revered in Albania, endeavoring thus to throw light on some of the cultural peculiarities of traditional Christian faith in that country.
When dealing with Christianity and its long history in Albania, it is essential to distinguish from the start between Christianity on Albanian soil and Christianity among the Albanians as a people. Albania was in fact one of the earliest countries of Europe to come into contact with Christianity and it has a particularly long and diverse history with this faith. We know that there were relatively early Christian settlements along the Illyrian coast. First to have preached the gospel in Albania may have been Saint Paul himself who states, "So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ" (Romans 15:19). The apostle Andrew is also believed to have preached in Epirus. There were at any rate a number of Christian families living in the port of Durrës in 58 A.D. and by the 4th to 5th centuries, Christianity had left recognizable traces throughout the country.
Christian bishops from Dardania and Macedonia Salutare, i.e., dignitaries from the present eastern Albania and Kosova, are known to have been among those who took part in the first Ecumenical Council, which was convened in Nicaea in 325 A.D. by the Emperor Constantine (r. 307-337 A.D.), among other things in order to stem the rise of Arianism in the empire. There were also five or six bishops from Dardania, New Epirus and Old Epirus at the Council of Sardica in 343-344 A.D. Half a century later, in 395, Illyrian Albania was among the first parts of the empire to feel the initial cleft between Eastern Rome and Western Rome, for it found itself from the very start on the cultural and political border between the Byzantine East and the Italian West. It drew and benefited from both cultures but also suffered immensely over the centuries from conflicts between the two halves of the empire. In actual fact, we know little about the early Christian Church in Albania since all the ecclesiastical structures there were swept away with the Slavic invasion and settlement of Albania around the year 600. The following Dark Ages in Albania were dark indeed.
more good reading : To bad the albanians were not present in Epirus at those times
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2012 16:23:40 GMT -5
To bad the albanians were not present in Epirus at those times Don't worry; we come back! (Don't forget the Albanians were fully Christian when they burst upon the scene!) Merry Christmas, everybody!
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Post by rex362 on Dec 20, 2012 16:24:28 GMT -5
^ we will ignore that here sorcelow
you should further read that link to see how well Albanians of differ religions got along and even slavs and greeks as well
tis the season is for brotherhood ...no ?
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Post by rex362 on Dec 21, 2012 15:05:00 GMT -5
very talented Canadian singer
Merry Christmas
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Post by Kanaris on Dec 21, 2012 15:52:07 GMT -5
Rex i thought this was a heartfelt post wishing all Albanians merry Christmas but who was I fooling to think that...? You're grasping at straws again..but keep looking someone will eventually fraudulently come up with something.
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Post by rex362 on Dec 21, 2012 16:22:46 GMT -5
what are you talking about ... if your referring to that post on Christina saints it just there to show how Albanians of differ faiths and others(slvs /greks ) got along as I stated already besides sorcelow gave me opportunity but I didn't take it as you can see .... now apologize !!
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Post by rex362 on Dec 21, 2012 16:28:07 GMT -5
or if your refeering to the Bubl'e video .....?
yea he is Italian but I don't know if he has Arbreshi ancestors .....
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Post by Novi Pazar on Dec 21, 2012 19:36:07 GMT -5
"we know little about the early Christian Church in Albania since all the ecclesiastical structures there were swept away with the Slavic invasion and settlement of Albania around the year 600. The following Dark Ages in Albania were dark indeed."
Rex, l find this topic hypocritical, especially from yourself because you Muslim Albanians dislike Orthodox Christian Albanians and are doing all you could to lower their numbers!
Interesting from Robert Elsie, l guess his suggesting Albanians hid themselves up in KerKleka? I would like to know his hypothesis about pre-slavic (barbarian) invasion of Albania? I guess its his speculative assumption, inventing theories to connect the missing dots.
PS Are there Byzantine references of Christian Albanians/Illyrians prior to 600AD. Where are the Illyrians/Shqiptars/Albanians within Byzantine religious ranks. Just a reminder, Slavs were documented and they WERE NOT UNKNOWN IN BYZANTINE CHRISTIANITY!
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Post by qej on Dec 21, 2012 19:48:31 GMT -5
I didn't eat anything all day I'm so hungry.
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Post by littleboyfatman on Dec 21, 2012 19:49:45 GMT -5
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Post by Shqipni13 on Dec 21, 2012 19:52:41 GMT -5
Merry Christmas to all the Christians here, even novi the closet homo.
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Post by rex362 on Dec 21, 2012 20:14:48 GMT -5
we have serbs and greeks to put spike between us
be warned ..... I will delete stuff ..this is for Christmas so dont ruin the mood
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Post by rex362 on Dec 21, 2012 20:17:07 GMT -5
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Post by littleboyfatman on Dec 21, 2012 20:24:20 GMT -5
its from last year... but we all get the message i think urime krishlindjet besimtarve shqiptare
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Post by Novi Pazar on Dec 22, 2012 20:43:42 GMT -5
Merry Christmas to all the Christians here, even novi the closet homo. Thankyou. Why do you have homosexual thoughts on your mind, always.....l think its time for you to pick up the Koran and read some passages, it will make you a better Shqipni
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Post by Shqipni13 on Dec 22, 2012 23:22:30 GMT -5
^Your feminine traits resonate in a lot of your posts. Just pointing out the obvious. Don't worry about my religious beliefs. But I'm planning on piercing my cheek with a long spear while pissing on the Serb flag. :-)
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Post by Novi Pazar on Dec 23, 2012 6:27:25 GMT -5
^ You do that Shqipni!
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Post by amateurs on Dec 23, 2012 9:17:23 GMT -5
Cool. Virgin Mary and her hubby were Scandinavians.
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