523:. Pages 302-305. Page 303: "Another effort of Albanian patriots of the period 1839-1912 was to make the Albanian Religions self-governing. Many of them like Petro Nini Luarasi, Naum Veqilharxhi, Papa Kristo Negovani, At Stath Melani, were killed by Greek chauvinists in their efforts to create The Albanian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale Shqiptare). Later on, Fan Noli succeeded to create The Albanian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in United States, although not legal in Albania, during his years in exile there and was ordained its priest. "
55:. Except for Stathi, his parents, Konstandin and Zoica had three girls named Marina, Eftalia and Anastasia. His father who had emigrated to Istanbul, brought Stathi with him in 1876–1877, and Stathi taught at one of the schools and worked as a newspaper boy there, having attained the latter job with the help of Albanian patriots such as Josif Prifti from Ogdunan, a village of Përmet. Stathi met with many Albanian patriots and became active in the distribution of Albanian-language books, primarily coming from
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