Hudson Incident

[1] Greek also functioned as a lingua franca in Epirus, a border region where Albanian- and Greek-speaking people mixed.[4] In 1907 a young Albanian emigrant to the United States named Kristaq Dishnica died of influenza in Hudson, Massachusetts.[6] Fan Noli—an Albanian who had emigrated one year earlier to Boston, and at that time a church cantor—recognized this as an opportunity to serve the spiritual needs of his own community and to champion the cause of religious and political freedom in Albania.[5] A week later Noli was appointed administrator of the Albanian Orthodox Mission in America, and later elevated to the rank of Mitred Archmandrite.[5] As a result of the Hudson Incident, Fan Noli helped organize the Saint George Albanian Orthodox Church at the Knights of Honor Hall on Tremont Street in Boston.
AlbanianUnited StatesFan NoliOrthodox Church of AlbaniaAlbanian National AwakeningGreek languagelingua francaEpirusAlbanian nationalistNaum VeqilharxhiAlbanian languageKristo NegovaniDivine LiturgyKaravangelisKastoriaPhotiosKorçëHudsonMassachusettsGreek Orthodox ChurchexcommunicatedWorcester, MassachusettsBostonArchbishop PlatonRussian Orthodox ChurchCathedral of St. NicholasNew York CityArchmandriteSaint George Albanian Orthodox CathedralAlbanian Archdiocese of the Orthodox Church in AmericaSyosset, New York