Territorial Abbey of Orosh, Territorial abbey in Mirditë region, Albania

The Territorial Abbey of Orosh is a religious complex located in the Valley of Fan in the Mirditë region of northwestern Albania within a mountain landscape. The site contains a modern church building constructed after the communist period, featuring contemporary artworks including a Madonna mosaic created in 2018.

By papal decree of 25 October 1888, the abbey and its two affiliated parishes, along with five other parishes of the Diocese of Lezhë, were removed from the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Lezhë. Three parishes from the Diocese of Sapë were added in 1890 and five more from Lezhë in 1894. The abbey was destroyed under communism and has since been rebuilt.

The abbey is dedicated to St. Alexander, known locally as Shën Llezhdri. Its abbot Preng Doçi, born in 1846 and educated in Shkodër and Rome, was a co-founder in 1899 of the Bashkimi society, from which the Latin alphabet of Albanian derives. Edith Durham, who visited Orosh, described the abbot as perhaps the strongest personality in northern Albania.

The site is located in a mountain region and is best accessed during warmer months when paths are in good condition. Visitors should bring appropriate footwear and weather-resistant clothing due to the mountain location and unpredictable weather patterns.

The parishes were not incorporated all at once but rather in phases from 1890 to 1894, revealing how the structure grew gradually over time. These expansion phases show the incremental ecclesiastical reorganization that reshaped the region following the abbey's founding.