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Hello all,
Does anyone know where I can find information about the Servant of God Venerable Papa Josif Mihali? All I know so far is that he was an Albanian Greek Catholic priest who was martyred under Communist rule. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hello all,
Does anyone know where I can find information about the Servant of God Venerable Papa Josif Mihali? All I know so far is that he was an Albanian Greek Catholic priest who was martyred under Communist rule. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
God bless and keep you.... Shlomo Thomas, Contact the Armenian Catholic Eparchy Of The United States And Canada [ armeniancatholic.org] Poosh BaShlomo, Yuhannon
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Yuhannon, You may have misread Doubting Thomas' post. He is looking for info on an Albanian Catholic martyr, not Armenian Catholic. Doubting Thomas, I did find a site that has a picture of Father Josif. You can find it here: http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/East3.htmScroll down the page until you come to #28. You will see his picture. I was not aware of him. I'd be interested to learn more about his life as well.
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Thomas, The Servant of God Papa Josif was born in Elbasan, the center of Albanian Greek-Catholicism, which almost assuredly means that he was a parishioner of Shenjt� Virgj�r Meri Shqip (Grek-Katolik) - Holy Virgin Mary Albanian (Greek-Catholic) Church. Interestingly, he was born in 1912, the year that the parish was erected. His surname translates as "Michael". From what I've been able to learn, he came from a family of priests and I believe that he did at least some of his studies in Italy, at the Monastery of Grottaferrato He was martyred under the Communists on October 26, 1948, a month after his 36th birthday. After being tortured, he died in the province of Korce, where he was buried alive in what has been described as "the notorious swamp" of Maliq. Many years, Neil
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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The best possible tribute to the Hieromartyr Papa Josif will be the assignment of a priest to Elbasan to maintain the Greek-Catholic parish, and the renovation of the lovely church.
Fr. Serge
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The best possible tribute to the Hieromartyr Papa Josif will be the assignment of a priest to Elbasan to maintain the Greek-Catholic parish, and the renovation of the lovely church. Bless, Father, It's sad to hear that the parish at Elbasan is without a priest. My understanding is that, ascription of the Apostolic Administration for Southern Albania as Byzantine aside, Elbasan is the sole remaining Greek-Catholic parish - that the 8 or 9 others are Latin. Do you know if that's actually the case? I seem to remember that, a few years ago, some hieromonks from Grottaferratto traveled to Albania, seeking to revive some parishes - but that the effort was not particularly successful. Many years, Neil
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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Hello all,
Does anyone know where I can find information about the Servant of God Venerable Papa Josif Mihali? All I know so far is that he was an Albanian Greek Catholic priest who was martyred under Communist rule. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
God bless and keep you.... Shlomo Thomas, Sorry for the misunderstanding. Here is information on the Albanian Greek Catholic Church. They may be able to help. Exarch Hil Kabashi, O.F.M., Apostolic Administrator of the Albanian Greek Cathoic Church
Lagja 1 Mayi, Fier, Albania
Telephone: (064)239.60
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Thank you all very much for your help! I really appreciate it. God is so good...He has granted me many blessings through the intercession of Venerable Papa Josif.
God bless and keep you....
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