In the pages of this book, Archbishop Anastasios of Albania emerges not only as a remarkable church leader, but as a living witness to the Gospel in the modern world. Through a series of rich and candid dialogues with Roberto Morozzo della Rocca and Tommaso Opocher, he recounts a journey that spans continents and crises: from postwar Greece to the mission fields of Africa, and from the ruins of communist Albania to the rebirth of a Church and a people.
This is the story of a man who refused to confine Orthodoxy within national or cultural boundaries, revealing instead its deeply missionary and universal calling. In Albania, where religion had been eradicated and faith nearly extinguished, he began again from a single proclamation: Christ is Risen! From that seed, he rebuilt a living Church rooted in hope, dignity, and love.
With theological depth and profound humanity, Archbishop Anastasios reflects on the great challenges of our time—globalization, identity, interreligious dialogue, and the spiritual illness of egocentrism—offering a vision of Christianity that is at once deeply traditional and boldly open to the world.
More than a biography, this book is a testimony that faith can renew societies, love can overcome division, and the Resurrection remains the true center of history and human life.