Background
Noli, Fan Stylian was born on January 6, 1882 in Ibrik-Tepe, Thrace, Turkey. Son of Stylian George and Mary (Gollachi) Noli.
Noli, Fan Stylian was born on January 6, 1882 in Ibrik-Tepe, Thrace, Turkey. Son of Stylian George and Mary (Gollachi) Noli.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1912. Bachelor of Music, New England Conservatory, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1945.
Ordained priest, 1908, founded Albanian Orthodox Church in American, Boston, Massachusetts. Translated orthodox liturgy from Greek into Albanian for first time: delegate of Albania to League of Nations, Geneva, 1920. Minister of foreign affairs of Albania, 1921.
Consecrated Bishop Metropolitan of Durazzo, Albania, 1923.
Prime minister of Albania, 1924. Bishop metropolitan Albanian Orthodox Diocese American, since 1930.
Fan Stylian Noli has been listed as a noteworthy bishop. by Marquis Who's Who.
Member The Albanian Federation, Vatra, Society of Pi Kappa Lambda. Member Albanian Orthodox Church Translated Othello, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Don Quixote and several of Ibsen’s works from English to Albanian. Published Beethoven and the French Revolution, George Castrioti Scanderbeg, 1947.
