Arberia Parish

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The Arberia Parish [a] [1] is an Eastern Orthodox Christian parish subordinated to the Russian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate of Moscow). [1] It serves the minority Orthodox Christian community of the Arberesh people of Italy, who are predominantly adherents of the Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church. Its head church (Italian : Chiesa di Santa Caterina Megalomartire, Acquaformosa) is in Acquaformosa near Cosenza and is headed by Father Giovanni Capparelli, who is a subordinate of the Patriarch of Moscow. The patron saints of the Arberesh Orthodox Church are Saint John of Kronstadt and Saint Catherine Megalomartyr.

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  1. ↑ Italian: Parrocchia ortodossa arbëresh del Patriarcato di Mosca; Albanian: Famullia Ortodokse Arbëreshe e Patriarkanës së Moskës; Russian: Арберешский православный приход Московского Патриархата

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