Three testify in Avakoum case over lost money
Three prosecution witnesses in the Avakoum monastery fraud trial testified on Monday, saying that the monastery had either taken amounts from them without issuing receipts or owned them thousands of ...
Witness says Avakoum monk’s ‘religious trances’ were ‘pure theatre’
A prosecution witness in the Avakoum monastery fraud trial described on Wednesday how footage from a monastery security camera showing one of the defendants apparently faking a religious trance convinced ...
Avakoum monks’ lawyers play down witness’s abuse claims
The trial over alleged fraud at the Avakoum monastery continued on Wednesday, as defence lawyers challenged a former monk’s claims that he was mistreated.
The witness has testified that ...
Avakoum witness challenged over sexual harassment claims
A prosecution witness in an ongoing trial over the Avakoum monastery was accused of lying to the court and concealing a sexual harassment case against him, during a combative cross-examination ...
Avakoum monk ‘pretended to be Saint Porphyrios in confessions’
A former monk informed the Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday that monk Nektarios of the Avakoum monastery pretended to be Saint Porphyrios during confessions and used the alleged incidents to ...
Avakoum trial hears donors’ claims over chandelier and icon that never materialised
Two witnesses told the Nicosia permanent criminal court on Wednesday that they donated thousands of euros towards a church chandelier and an icon at the Avakoum monastery, but never saw ...
Monks’ objection rejected as trial continues
Nicosia criminal court on Monday dismissed an objection raised by the defendants’ lawyers in the trial concerning alleged financial fraud at the Avakoum monastery.
On trial are monks Nektarios and ...
Court debates evidence in Avakoum trial
The defence attorneys of the two Avakoum monastery clerics raised serious objections in court on Monday, challenging whether a number of pieces of evidence presented by prosecutors are in fact ...
Avakoum monks launch bakery business as criminal trial continues
Two former monks at the centre of the high-profile Avakoum monastery scandal have launched a bakery business in Lythrodontas while awaiting trial on a series of criminal charges.
Former monks ...
Doubt cast over legitimacy of police actions during Avakoum trial
Doubt was cast on the legitimacy of police actions when documenting and cataloguing evidentiary items during the ongoing Avakoum monastery trial in the Nicosia criminal court on Monday.
On trial ...
Court accepts controversial evidence in Avakoum monks’ trial
There will be no trial within a trial in the Avakoum monks’ case concerning photographs of items, including cash, that the prosecution submitted as evidence.
This is because the items ...
Avakoum case continues before Nicosia criminal court
The trial of the case concerning the financial part surrounding the scandal of the holy monastery of Saint Avakoum began before Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday with the amendment of ...
Avakoum trial to begin next month
The trial of monks Nektarios and Porfyrios of the Osiou Avakoum monastery, who face 24 charges related to alleged financial irregularities, will begin next month, with the case adjourned until then ...
Avakoum monks’ trial postponed yet again
The court case involving Avakoum monastery monks Nektarios and Porfyrios was postponed once again on Friday and is now scheduled for May 27 at 9am.
The adjournment followed a request by ...
Monks’ trial postponed again to February
The court case of Avakoum monastery monks Nektarios and Porfyrios has been postponed yet again, now set for February 24 at 9am, after defence lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou was occupied on Monday ...
Lawyer moves to ease bail terms for Avakoum monks
Defence lawyer Kostis Efstathiou told the criminal court on Thursday that he would be asking for changes to the bail terms of two monks from the Avakoum monastery, who are ...
Avakoum monks plead not guilty in Nicosia court
The two Avakoum monks, Nektarios and Porphyrios, have pleaded not guilty to the 24 charges brought against them including misappropriation and theft of church funds before Nicosia court on Wednesday.
The ...
Monks’ court case delayed over missing evidence
The Nicosia criminal court on Tuesday morning postponed proceedings in the financial case involving the monastery of Saint Avakoum, after defence lawyers argued that key evidence had not been handed ...
Charges in Avakoum case amended, monks to answer in April
One of the 24 charges of money laundering and defrauding faced by the two accused Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, was amended on Tuesday at the Nicosia criminal court at ...
Avakoum monks’ case postponed yet again
The two accused Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, did not answer to the charges they are facing on Thursday and proceedings have been postponed anew till March 18.
The monks ...
Holy Synod demands removal of publications attacking Archbishop
The Holy Synod of the church of Cyprus has urged the Metropolitan of Paphos to take a clear stance on controversial publications linked to his Metropolis. The statement followed the ...
Avakoum monks’ case postponed again
The two Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, did not answer to the charges they are facing on Tuesday and proceedings have been postponed anew till February 13.
The monks appeared ...
Ayios Avakoum relics relocated until reopening of scandal-hit monastery
The relics of Ayios Avakoum have been taken to the church of Ayios Nikolaos in Fterikoudi, on the saint’s nameday, at the instructions of Tamasos bishop Isaias.
The relics ...
Monastery scandal hearing postponed to December
The trial hearings into financial aspect of the Avakoum monastery scandal, which was originally scheduled for Thursday, have been postponed to December 19.
The hearings for archimandrites Nektarios Georgiou and Porfyrios ...