#Avakoum monastery

Archbishop Georgios said on Monday he did not know when investigations on the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal would reap any results, but all efforts were geared towards unravelling the case. ...

Monks suspected of involvement in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal in Fterikoudes, Nicosia, have requested permission to return to live at the monastery. In a letter to the church from ...

The Cyprus bar association has lodged a police complaint against two lawyers representing two monks implicated in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal, it emerged on Thursday. The complaint, sources confirmed ...

Archimandrite Nektarios embroiled in a major investigation including sexual harassment, abuse and money laundering at the Osiou Avakoum monastery broke his silence on Wednesday, saying the developments have “shaken his ...

Attempts have taken place to harm Tamassos Bishop Isaias, the bishopric announced on Wednesday, a day after reports suggested the government was trying to spare him in relation to the ...

A meeting at the state Legal Services will be held this week on the potential financial crimes and money laundering at the disgraced Osiou Avakoum monastery, sources confirmed to the ...

The two monks embroiled in a sex and cash scandal at Osiou Avakoum monastery may be called to testify before the church’s investigative committee, it was reported on Monday. ...

The truth will shine soon enough over the ongoing Osiou Avakoum scandal, Tamassos Bishop Isaias said on Saturday. He underlined he would not engage in a public spat over the ...

Police have secured bank details for the two monks embroiled in a massive scandal, though they have yet to appear before the church-appointed investigative committee. A CNA source on Thursday ...

Thousands of people said that they are concerned about “fabricated miracles” within the echelons of the church in Cyprus, following the multiple scandals that have rocked the now infamous Osiou ...

The tax department said on Saturday it is examining the books at the scandal-hit Osiou Avakoum monastery to see if it conformed with all taxation requirements in Cyprus. The tax ...

The infamous Osiou Avakoum monastery applied for a €3 million fundraiser to the interior ministry in 2020. However, it never submitted any of the necessary financial statements afterwards, it emerged on Friday. ...

Two suspended monks embroiled in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandals will make statements to the Holy Synod’s investigative committee next week, it emerged on Friday. The statements are the ...

Theologian Theodoros Kyriacou confirmed on Thursday that he provided testimony regarding a sexual harassment complaint filed by a former employee against the head of the beleaguered Osiou Avakoum monastery. Kyriacou ...

A criminal complaint for sexual harassment was filed against the head of the beleaguered Osiou Avakoum monastery, it emerged on Tuesday. The complaint was filed by a former employee, who ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday the scandal engulfing the Osiou Avvakoum monastery “plagues the whole society.” Speaking to journalists, he added, “I can assure society, the Cypriot people, that ...

FOR the last ten days or so, the media has been full of stories and reports about the goings-on at the Osiou Avakoum monastery and the two monks who are ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday that everything will be investigated at the Osiou Avakoum monastery, where scandals have been rife. Asked to comment on a statement by opposition Akel ...

Criticism rained down on the police on Friday over the way they have handled the monks’ scandal so far, with the force denying special treatment to the church because of ...

Cyprus’ Archbishop Georgios on Friday expressed “sincere regret” over the scandal surrounding the Osiou Avakoum monastery, which has become notorious in the past days for behaviours ranging from physical abuse ...

Scandal continued to rock the church on Thursday, with a new video surfacing of a woman being beaten with a belt by a monk at the now notorious Osiou Avakoum ...

The scandal surrounding the Osiou Avakoum monastery opened up a Pandora’s box among MPs by Thursday amid concerns of tax evasion, accusations of money laundering and questions as to ...