Ongoing monks trial delayed
An ongoing church trial against monks involved in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal was on Wednesday postponed until next week.
The six-member Holy Synod court decided that they would postpone ...
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Monk takes on role of attorney in church trial
A marathon session of the Holy Synod court was held on Monday, as a trial got underway for monks involved in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal.
The monks chose to ...
Scandal-embroiled monks now face charges of labour exploitation
Police are investigating two more complaints against the two archimandrites embroiled in the infamous Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Tuesday.
He said authorities are investigating ...
Avakoum case to recommence on August 30
Tamassos Bishop Isaias will be the first to testify against monks Archimandrites Nektarios and Porphyrios in a church trial set to begin on August 30 for alleged crimes at the infamous ...
Avakoum scandal
Investigation into monastery above board says Archbishop
What is happening in the Osiou Avakoum monastery is within the statute of the Church and everything is legal, Archbishop Georgios said on Sunday, while noting that the trial will ...
Police Avakoum investigations to be completed ‘within days’
Police investigations into the scandal at the Osiou Avakoum monastery are expected to be completed “within days”, sources close to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) said on Tuesday.
The sources ...
Monks’ money laundering trial postponed
A hearing for an appeal to recover €807,000 taken from monks embroiled in alleged money laundering at Osiou Avakoum has been postponed until May 30.
At a scheduled date on Friday, the ...
Further video of accused monks leaks online (updated)
The two monks at the centre of the scandals at Avakoum monastery are expected to appear in front of the Holy Synod’s investigative committee in the next couple of ...
Bishop: truth of monks scandal will be revealed (updated)
The truth will be brought to light about affairs at the Osiou Avakoum monastery, Bishop Isaias of Tamassos said on Sunday.
He said the transparency of the Church would be ...
Release of monastery CCTV footage ‘clearly illegal’
There is clear illegality in relation to visual material from the Osiou Avakoum monastery which has been widely viewed online, data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said on Sunday.
This, ...
Church clash has kept public enthralled
Sex, money laundering and bogus miracles, the scandal at a small monastery has it all
The weird goings-on at the relatively obscure monastery Osiou Avakoum that were first reported 10 days ...
Monastery implicated in environmental scandal
The Osiou Avakoum monastery was implicated in an environmental scandal on Thursday, when it emerged the structure was built on land protected under the Natura 2000 environmental policy.
The monastery has ...