Gjeni vende adhurimi për shqiptarët në të gjithë Shtetet e Bashkuara, nga kishat ortodokse dhe katolike te xhamitë dhe qendrat islamike. Pavarësisht nga besimi fetar, këto institucione shërbejnë si shtëpi shpirtërore dhe qendra kulturore për komunitetin shqiptaro-amerikan.

Gjeni Vendet e Kultit në Shqipëri në Drejtori

Shfletoni kishat, xhamitë dhe organizatat fetare shqiptare të listuara në drejtorinë tonë.

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Kishat Ortodokse Shqiptare

The Albanian Orthodox community in America has a long history. The Orthodox Church in America’s directory dates St. George Cathedral in Boston to 1908, St. Elia in Jamestown, New York to 1911 and St. Nicholas in Southbridge, Massachusetts to 1912; the Detroit area parish dates from 1929, New York City’s from 1941 and Chicago’s from 1944. These parishes serve as both spiritual homes and cultural centers, hosting Albanian language classes, cultural events, and community gatherings.

Most Albanian Orthodox parishes in the United States belong to the Albanian Archdiocese of the Orthodox Church in America, which lists 11 parishes and has its seat at St. George Cathedral in South Boston. A second, smaller body, the Albanian Orthodox Diocese under the Ecumenical Patriarchate, includes St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church in Chicago.

Kishat Katolike Shqiptare

Albanian Catholics, primarily from northern Albania and Kosovo, have established parishes and missions in several US cities. The Archdiocese of Detroit lists two Albanian parishes, St. Paul in Rochester Hills and Our Lady of Albanians in Southfield, and the Archdiocese of New York lists Our Lady of Shkodra in Hartsdale, Westchester County.

Zoja e Shkodrës dhe famullitë e tjera katolike shqiptare mbajnë lidhje të forta me trashëgiminë shqiptare, ndërsa u shërbejnë familjeve në komunitetet e tyre lokale.

Xhamitë dhe Qendrat Islamike Shqiptare

Myslimanët shqiptarë përbëjnë një pjesë të konsiderueshme të diasporës shqiptare. Xhamitë dhe qendrat islamike të udhëhequra nga shqiptarët mund të gjenden në Nju Jork, Nju Xhersi, Konektikat, Miçigan dhe shtete të tjera me popullsi të madhe shqiptare. Këto qendra ofrojnë shërbime fetare, programe komunitare, aktivitete rinore dhe ngjarje kulturore që ruajnë lidhjet me traditat myslimane shqiptare.

The Albanian American Islamic Center of NY and NJ, established in 1962 with centers in Brooklyn and in Garfield, New Jersey, and similar organizations across the country serve as gathering places for the Albanian Muslim community.

Roli i Komunitetit dhe Kulturës

Pavarësisht nga besimi fetar, vendet e kultit shqiptar luajnë një rol jetësor në ruajtjen e gjuhës, kulturës dhe lidhjeve komunitare shqipe në Amerikë. Ato presin festime të Ditës së Pavarësisë së Shqipërisë, festivale kulturore, shkolla gjuhësh dhe shërbime sociale që mbështesin emigrantët e sapoardhur dhe familjet e themeluara njësoj.

Harmonia ndërfetare: Një nga aspektet unike të komunitetit shqiptar është respekti ndërfetar. Të krishterët ortodoksë, katolikët dhe myslimanët shqiptarë kanë një traditë të gjatë bashkëjetese dhe festimi të ndërsjellë, një vlerë që vazhdon të përçohet fuqishëm në komunitetin shqiptaro-amerikan.

Albanian Church Near Me: A State by State List You Can Verify

If you searched for an Albanian church near me or an Albanian mosque, start here. Every place of worship in this table was confirmed on 21 September 2026 on the institution’s own website or in the directory of its diocese or archdiocese, and each name links to that official page. The “Founded” column is filled in only where the institution or its diocese states a year. This is not a complete list of every Albanian congregation in the country; it is the list we could verify at the source. Call ahead for service times, which change with the season and with feast days.

Emri	City and state	Tradition	Themeluar	Lidhje zyrtare
St. George Church	Trumbull, CT	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1925	OCA directory
Komuniteti Musliman Shqiptaro-Amerikan	Waterbury, CT	Muslim	Early 1950s	aac-ct.org
St. Nicholas and the Shrine of the Virgin Mary Albanian Orthodox Church	Çikago, IL	Orthodox (Albanian Orthodox Diocese, Ecumenical Patriarchate)	1944	stnicholasalbanianchicago.org
Qendra Islame Shqiptaro-Amerikane	Berkeley, IL	Muslim		albanianamericanislamiccenter.com
St. George Cathedral	Bostoni Jugor, MA	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1908	OCA directory
Church of the Annunciation	Natick, MA	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1919	OCA directory
St. Nicholas Church	Southbridge, MA	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1912	OCA directory
Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church	Worcester, MA	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1915	OCA directory
St. Thomas Church	Farmington Hills, MI	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1929	OCA directory
St. Paul (Albanian) Parish	Rochester Hills, MI	Catholic (Archdiocese of Detroit)		Archdiocese of Detroit parish finder
Our Lady of Albanians Parish	Southfield, MI	Catholic (Archdiocese of Detroit)		Archdiocese of Detroit parish finder
Qendra Islamike Shqiptare	Harper Woods, MI	Muslim	1945 as the Albanian American Moslem Society; current center opened 1963	aicofdetroit.org
Albanian American Bektashi Monastery (First Albanian Bektashi Tekke)	Taylor, MI	Bektashi	1954	albteqeusa.org
Albanian American Islamic Center of NY and NJ	Garfield, NJ	Muslim	1962	xhami.org
Albanian American Islamic Center of NY and NJ	Brooklyn, NY	Muslim	1962	xhami.org
Qendra Kulturore Islamike Shqiptare	Ishulli i Statenit, Nju Jork	Muslim		aiccny.com
Our Lady of Shkodra, Albanian Catholic Church	Hartsdale, NY	Catholic (Archdiocese of New York)		Archdiocese of New York
St. Nicholas Church	Jamaica Estates, NY	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1941	OCA directory
St. Elia Church	Jamestown, NY	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1911	OCA directory
St. E. Premte Church	Cleveland, OH	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1938	OCA directory
St. John Chrysostom Church	Filadelfia, Pensilvani	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1931	OCA directory
SS. Peter and Paul Church	Filadelfia, Pensilvani	Orthodox (Albanian Archdiocese, OCA)	1915	OCA directory

For the communities around these congregations, see our guides to Shqiptarët në Connecticut, Shqiptarët në Çikago, Shqiptarët në Boston dhe Shqiptarët në Nju Jork.

Two Albanian Orthodox Jurisdictions in America

Albanian Orthodox parishes in the United States belong to one of two church bodies, which is why two directories exist. The larger is the Albanian Archdiocese of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Its own website describes it as one of the three ethnic dioceses within the OCA, with its seat at St. George Cathedral, 523 East Broadway in South Boston. The archdiocese traces its origin to 22 March 1908, when the Divine Liturgy was first celebrated in the Albanian language in Boston, and it names Metropolitan Theofan (Fan) Noli as its founding bishop. The OCA directory lists 11 parishes for the archdiocese: four in Massachusetts, two in New York, two in Pennsylvania, and one each in Connecticut, Michigan and Ohio. The oldest founding dates it gives are 1908 for the Boston cathedral, 1911 for St. Elia in Jamestown and 1912 for St. Nicholas in Southbridge.

The second body is the Albanian Orthodox Diocese under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. St. Nicholas and the Shrine of the Virgin Mary Albanian Orthodox Church in Chicago states on its website that it belongs to this diocese. The parish history says twelve men of Albanian descent organized the church in the spring of 1944, that Illinois recognized it on 18 June 1944, and that the present church at 2701 North Narragansett Avenue opened in 1961.

Albanian Churches and Mosques in Michigan

Michigan has the second largest Albanian population of any state, with 26,598 people reporting Albanian ancestry, and Macomb County’s 12,164 is the largest total of any US county (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024). All four traditions have a verified home in metro Detroit.

• St. Paul (Albanian) Parish, Rochester Hills. People searching for St. Paul’s Albanian Catholic Church will find it in the Archdiocese of Detroit’s parish finder at 525 West Auburn Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48307, in the Northwest/South Oakland Vicariate. The parish’s own site uses the name Saint Paul Albanian Catholic Church and lists groups that include young adults, Knights of Columbus, volleyball and soccer clubs, and religious formation.
• Our Lady of Albanians Parish, Southfield. The Archdiocese of Detroit lists this parish at 29350 Lahser Road, Southfield, MI 48034, with weekend and weekday Masses.
• St. Thomas Church, Farmington Hills. The OCA directory lists this Albanian Archdiocese parish at 29150 Ten Mile Road, founded in 1929.
• Albanian Islamic Center, Harper Woods. The center’s history says a group of Albanian immigrants founded the Albanian American Moslem Society in 1945, first meeting in a converted Armenian church in Highland Park. Imam Vehbi Ismail was invited to lead the community in 1949, and the center at 19775 Harper Avenue opened on 3 November 1963, which it describes as the first permanent home for Albanian American Muslims in the United States.
• Albanian American Bektashi Monastery, Taylor. The teqe’s website gives its address as 21749 Northline Road in Taylor and calls itself a community center for all as well as a place of prayer. The Bektashi World Headquarters in Tirana records that the first Bektashi tekke in America was founded in Detroit, Michigan on 15 May 1954 by Dervish Rexheb Beqiri, who was later named Baba (father). Our guide to the Tradita bektashiane explains the order’s beliefs.

Read more in Shqiptarët në Michigan dhe history of Albanian Americans in metro Detroit. Feast days for all three faiths are in our Albanian holidays calendar.

Pyetje të shpeshta

Where is St. Paul’s Albanian Catholic Church?

The Archdiocese of Detroit lists St. Paul (Albanian) Parish at 525 West Auburn Road, Rochester Hills, Michigan 48307, in its Northwest/South Oakland Vicariate. The parish website calls it Saint Paul Albanian Catholic Church. Mass times change through the year, so check the parish site or the archdiocese’s parish finder before you go.

Is there an Albanian mosque in New York?

Yes. The Albanian American Islamic Center of NY and NJ, which says it was established in 1962, lists a center at 1325 Albemarle Road in Brooklyn and another at 43 Monroe Street in Garfield, New Jersey. On Staten Island, the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center is at 307 Victory Boulevard and offers daily prayers, Quran and Arabic classes, and cultural programs.

What is the oldest Albanian church in America?

Among the parishes in the Orthodox Church in America’s directory, St. George Cathedral in South Boston has the earliest founding date, 1908. The Albanian Archdiocese says its history began on 22 March 1908 with the first Divine Liturgy celebrated in Albanian, in Boston, under Fan Noli. St. Elia in Jamestown, New York (1911) and St. Nicholas in Southbridge, Massachusetts (1912) followed.

Are there Albanian Catholic churches in Michigan?

Yes, the Archdiocese of Detroit lists two: St. Paul (Albanian) Parish on West Auburn Road in Rochester Hills and Our Lady of Albanians Parish on Lahser Road in Southfield. Both appear in the archdiocese’s parish finder with Mass schedules and contact details. In New York, Our Lady of Shkodra in Hartsdale is listed by the Archdiocese of New York.

Where is the Bektashi tekke in the United States?

The Albanian American Bektashi Monastery is on Northline Road in Taylor, Michigan. The Bektashi World Headquarters records that the first Bektashi tekke in America was founded in Detroit, Michigan on 15 May 1954 by Dervish Rexheb Beqiri, who was later named Baba. The teqe describes itself as a place of prayer and a community center open to all.

Burimet

• Orthodox Church in America: Parishes of the Albanian Archdiocese
• Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America: Home and parish list
• St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church, Chicago: History
• Archdiocese of Detroit: St. Paul (Albanian) Parish, Rochester Hills
• Saint Paul Albanian Catholic Church: Home page
• Archdiocese of Detroit: Our Lady of Albanians Parish, Southfield
• Archdiocese of New York: Our Lady of Shkodra Church
• Albanian Islamic Center, Harper Woods: About us
• Albanian American Islamic Center of NY and NJ: Home page
• Albanian Islamic Cultural Center, Staten Island: Home page
• Albanian American Muslim Community, Waterbury: History
• Albanian American Islamic Center, Berkeley, Illinois: Home page
• Albanian American Bektashi Monastery, Taylor: Home page
• Bektashi World Headquarters: Detroit, USA
• U.S. Census Bureau: Table B04006, ACS 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024

Burime të Ngjashme

• Organizatat e komunitetit shqiptar, grupe kulturore, qytetare dhe profesionale
• Ngjarjet e shqiptarëve në Amerikë, ngjarje fetare dhe kulturore
• Drejtoria e bizneseve në Shqipëri, mbi 3,000 biznese në pronësi të shqiptarëve

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