A ranar Lahadin da ta gabata ne Cocin Orthodox na Albaniya ta zabi Joan Pelushi a matsayin sabon shugabanta bayan rasuwar Archbishop Anastasios a watan Janairu, wanda ya farfado da cocin bayan faduwar tsarin gurguzu a shekara ta 1990.
Bayan wani taro na mintuna 40, an buga kararrawa don lura cewa Majalisar Mai Tsarki mai mutane bakwai ta zabi Joan, babban birnin Korca, a matsayin babban Bishop na Tirana, Durres da dukan Albaniya da kuma shugaban Cocin Orthodox na Albaniya. An cire wasu manyan birane biyu daga cikinsu saboda kasancewarsu ɗan ƙasar Girka, daidai da ƙa'idar cocin.
“Na karɓi wannan hidima mai girma cikin tawali’u kuma na yi alkawari cewa zan yi aikina da aminci,” in ji Joan kafin ya sa hannu kan shawarar da majalisar dattawa ta yanke. A baya ya jagoranci Mass a Cathedral na tashin Kristi a cikin garin Tirana.
An ayyana Cocin Orthodox na Albania a matsayin mai zaman kansa a watan Satumba a cikin 1922, bayan da ta kasance ƙarƙashin babban limamin Ohrid da kuma sarki na Konstantinoful.
Joan Pelushi, mai shekaru 69, ta yi aiki a asibitin masu tabin hankali na Tirana har zuwa 1990, lokacin da shugabancin gurguzu ya ruguje. Ya yi karatu a Amurka a Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.
A shekara ta 1994 ya koma Albaniya ya zama limamin coci kuma ya yi koyarwa a jami'ar tauhidin cocin. Bayan ƙarin karatu a jami'a guda a Boston, a cikin 1998 Joan ya zama babban birni na Korca, wanda kuma ya haɗa da gundumomin kudu maso gabashin Pogradec, Devoll da Kolonje, kusa da Girka.
Joan ta fassara kuma ta buga littattafan addini da yawa. Ya wakilci kasar a ayyukan addini na kasa da kasa kuma ya yi lacca a kan tauhidi, tarihi da falsafa.
"Taimakonsa ba ta da inganci kawai a fannin al'adu, kimiyya da na jin kai, amma har ma wajen karfafa zaman tare, tattaunawa tsakanin addinai da kuma ilimin kishin kasa," in ji cocin.
Duk nau'ikan addini An dakatar da kasar Albaniya na tsawon shekaru 23 tun daga shekarar 1967, lokacin da kasar ta kebe gaba daya daga kasashen waje, kuma 'yan gurguzu suka kwace kadarorin majami'u na Musulunci, Orthodox, Katolika da sauran majami'u.
Joan shi ne shugaban Cocin Orthodox na Albaniya na shida.
Bisa kididdigar da aka yi a shekarar 2023, Kiristocin Orthodox a Albaniya sun kai kusan kashi 7% na al’ummar kasar miliyan 2.4, kodayake cocin ta ce adadin ya haura. Rabin al'ummar yankin Balkan ta Yamma sun bayyana a matsayin Musulmi, tare da Kiristocin Orthodox da na Katolika ne ke da yawa na sauran.
Bisa ka’idojin Cocin Albaniya, Majalisar Dattijai ce ta zabi sabon shugaban Cocin, wanda a halin yanzu ya kunshi manyan mukamai bakwai:
Metropolitan Asti (Bakalbashi) na Berat, Vlora, da Kanina (b. 1974)
Metropolitan John (Pelushi) na Korça, Pogradec, Kolonjë, Devoll, da Voskopoja (b. 1956)
Babban Demetrius (Dikbasanis) na Gjirokastër (b. 1940)
Babban birni Nicholas (Hyka) na Apollonia da Fier (b. 1972)
Metropolitan Anthony (Merdani) na Elbasan, Shpat, da Librazhd (b. 1959)
Babban birni Nathaniel (Stergiou) na Amantia (b. 1957)
Bishop Anastasios (Mamai) na Krujë (b. 1979)
An sanar da zaben sabon Primate ta hanyar karar kararrawa cocin.
Epifaniy Dumenko ya taya Archbishop John murna kan zabensa a matsayin Primate na Cocin Albaniya.
A ranar 16 ga Maris, 2025, Epifaniy Dumenko ya buga sakon taya murna kan Facebook jawabi ga sabon zababben Archbishop John, Primate na Cocin Albaniya.
Dumenko ya bayyana cewa yana "addu'a" ga Archbishop da dukan Cocin Albaniya. A sakamakon haka, ya bayyana begensa cewa Shugaban Albaniya ya kuma yi addu’a ga Cocin Orthodox na Ukraine (OCU), da Ukraine, da kuma “nasara na gaskiya da kuma zaman lafiya mai adalci.”
Mai Martaba Sarkin Bulgeriya Daniil ya taya sabon zababben Archbishop John na Albaniya murna ta wayar tarho, in ji shafin yanar gizon fadar shugaban kasar Bulgeriya. Patriarch Daniil ya yi fatan ɗan'uwansa ya ci gaba da aikin yardar Allah, mai 'ya'ya da sabunta aikin magabacinsa mai albarka, Marigayi Akbishop Anastasius mai albarka, wanda ya maido da Cocin Albaniya kuma ya zama babban mishan na zamaninmu. Sabon Archbishop na Albaniya ya bayyana matukar godiyarsa ga babban malamin na Bulgaria bisa wannan kiran da ya yi masa, yana mai bayyana fatan kyakykyawar alakar da ke tsakanin ’yan’uwa Cocin biyu za ta ci gaba a nan gaba.
Tarihin Archbishop John (Pelushi)
An haifi sabon Archbishop na Albaniya, John (Pelushi), a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1956, a Albaniya ga dangin Bektashi. Iyalinsa sun sha tsanantawa a ƙarƙashin mulkin gurguzu - an daure mahaifinsa a 1944 a matsayin "maƙiyin ƙasa."
Duk da zaluncin da waɗanda basu yarda da Allah ba a ƙasar Albaniya ‘yan gurguzu, matashin Yohanna ya nuna sha’awar al’amuran addini sosai. A cikin 1975, an gabatar da shi zuwa Sabon Alkawari ta wurin abokinsa wanda shi ne Kiristan Orthodox na sirri, wanda ya yi tasiri sosai a kan tubansa zuwa Kiristanci. A cikin 1979, Fr. Kosma Kirjo.
Bayan faduwar gwamnatin gurguzu, ya yi karatun tauhidi a Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology da ke Brooklyn, Amurka, sakamakon samun tallafin karatu daga al’ummar Albaniya da ke Amurka. Bayan ya kammala karatunsa a shekara ta 1993, ya koma Albaniya don ya taimaka a maido da Cocin Orthodox na Albaniya.
A cikin 1994, Archbishop Anastasios ya nada shi diacon daga baya kuma firist. Daga baya an nada shi mataimakin shugaban Kwalejin Tauhidi a Durrës kuma an daukaka shi zuwa matsayin archimandrite a 1996.
A ranar 18 ga Yuli, 1998, Majalisar Dattijai ta zabe shi a matsayin Babban Birnin Korça. Archbishop John ya wakilci Cocin Orthodox na Albaniya a lokuta daban-daban na duniya kuma yana iya magana da Albaniya, Girkanci, da Ingilishi.
