Tirana, May 22, 2024
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The Albanian Orthodox Church issued a statement on Monday, May 20, condemning the gay marriage ceremony that took place in Tirana the day before.
Gay marriage is forbidden in Albania, but a lesbian couple had an unofficial ceremony on the roof of the mayor’s office, served by two British pastors.
“It’s not social progress but a conflict with the natural order,” the Albanian Church message states.
Regarding the same-sex marriage conducted in the Municipality of Tirana yesterday, on May 19, 2024, the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania maintains the same stance we have stated previously, including in the declaration of January 2024:
It is well-known that the perpetuation of humanity has been based on the existence of two genders and their union.
No civilization, religion, or legal system (Solon, Plato, etc.) has institutionalized the cohabitation of homosexuals as marriage.
What is against nature cannot be made natural by legal provisions. On the contrary, such a law offends creation.
It does not constitute social progress but a conflict with the natural order, a decline.
The Church is obliged to clearly articulate the concept and value of marriage, the significance of family and procreation according to its sacred texts and its centuries-old tradition (As declared at the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church in Crete in 2016).
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