Arberia Parish

{{Short description|Eastern Orthodox Christian parish}}

The Arberia Parish{{efn|{{langx|it|link=no|Parrocchia ortodossa arbëresh del Patriarcato di Mosca}}; {{langx|sq|Famullia Ortodokse Arbëreshe e Patriarkanës së Moskës}}; {{langx|ru|Арберешский православный приход Московского Патриархата}}}}{{sfn|CO}} is an Eastern Orthodox Christian parish subordinated to the Russian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate of Moscow).{{sfn|CO}} 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 ({{langx|it|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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  • {{cite web|title=Parishes in Italy|publisher=Christianisme Orthodoxe|url=http://www.christianisme-orthodoxe.com/orthodoxy/countries/italy/itparishes/|website=christianisme-orthodoxe.com|access-date=11 December 2017|ref={{harvid|CO}} }}