Surviving the Balkans’ twentieth century was no simple task for Albanian Christians. Facing a regime of capitalism that absorbed the socialist Balkans in the 1990s, the efforts of Albanian Orthodox Christians to adapt seem inadequate. This chapter explores how one may read the struggles of the post-Communist Albanian autocephalous Orthodox Church (Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë) that confronted the “universal” neoliberal enterprise in the context of the concurrent tensions within Albanian circles seeking the reaffirmation of ethno-nationalist concerns. In questioning how the rebuilding of the Church reflected an aggressive missionary approach led by Greek-born Archbishop Anastasios, whose recent passing in January 2025 begins a new period of uncertainty, it will become clear how necessary it is to read this ongoing process of rebuilding on several institutional and ideological/spiritual planes.