COMERFORD WAY: Patrick Comerford: Albania 2019

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05 December 2019

Reading Saint Luke’s Gospel
in Advent 2019: Luke 5

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‘Jesus was standing beside the lake … and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God’ (Luke 5: 1) … by the shores of Lake But...

03 September 2019

How Albania’s Jewish
population increased
during World War II

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Two mosaic pavements point to the presence of one of the earliest Balkan-Jewish communities (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2019) Patric...

31 August 2019

Castle and bunkers are
reminders of sieges
of Corfu and Albania

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Lekuresi Castle, on a hill above Saranda, played a pivotal role in the siege of Corfu (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2019) Patrick Come...

30 August 2019

A ‘three faiths’ encounter
with Albanian religion on
the streets of Saranda

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The Church of Saint Charalambos … a new, large Orthodox church in the centre of Saranda in southern Albania (Photograph: Patrick Comerford,...

29 August 2019

Albania’s first synagogue
was built by an early
Balkan-Jewish community

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Albania’s first synagogue, built in Onchesmos or Saranda in the fourth or fifth century (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2019) Patrick Co...

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Reading Saint Luke’s Gospel in Advent 2019: Luke 5

How Albania’s Jewish population increased during World War II

Castle and bunkers are reminders of sieges of Corfu and Albania

A ‘three faiths’ encounter with Albanian religion on the streets of Saranda

Albania’s first synagogue was built by an early Balkan-Jewish community

Reading Saint Luke’s Gospel
in Advent 2019: Luke 5

How Albania’s Jewish
population increased
during World War II

Castle and bunkers are
reminders of sieges
of Corfu and Albania

A ‘three faiths’ encounter
with Albanian religion on
the streets of Saranda

Albania’s first synagogue
was built by an early
Balkan-Jewish community