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Underground spirituality and materiality: religious culture under surveillance and persecution in communist Albania, 1967-1990

Konstantinos Giakoumisa Department of Paedagogy and Psychology, LOGOS University College, Tirana ,AlbaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marijan Premovićb University of Montenegro, Faculty of Philosophy, Nikšić, MontenegroCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 819-844 | Received 27 Apr 2022, Accepted 16 Oct 2022, Published online: 27 Oct 2022

ARCHIVAL SOURCES

  • CAS = Central Archive of the State (Alb. A.Q.Sh. – Akrivi Qendror i Shtetit).
  • C.A.S. F. 14 (Central Party Committee), D. 751 (1951).
  • CAS F. 14 (Central Party Committee), D. 119 (1962).
  • CAS F. 14 (Central Party Committee), D. 190 (1967).
  • CAS F. 14 (Central Party Committee), D. 192 (1967).
  • CAS F. 14 (Central Party Committee), D. 194 (1967).
  • Paisi, V. 1965. ”Përshëndetje e Kryepiskopit të Gjithë Shqipërisë, Imzot Paisit, drejtuar klerit dhe besimtarëve orthodhoks të Shqipërisë me rastin e Pashkës së vitit 1965.” Kept in the private archival collection of Mr. Pandeli Garo.

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