#Avakoum scandal

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 ...

The trial of the two monks from the Osiou Avakoum monastery continued on Tuesday, with their lawyers objecting to a number of evidentiary items presented by prosecutors, arguing that this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bishop of Tamasos Isaias appeared certain on Thursday that the ‘truth would shine through’, following the announcement of two criminal cases against him. Isaias, who said he had not received ...

The court case of two Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, has been postponed yet again till May 6, as the former did not appear before the court on Wednesday. Nektarios’ ...

The two Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, did not answer to the charges they are facing on Thursday and proceedings have been postponed till January 21, 2025, after the defence requested ...

A defrocked monk who held the title of Archimandrite Nektarios has filed a complaint with the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection over audiovisual material of him that has been run ...

The saga of the scandal-struck monastery of Osios Avakoum in Fterikoudi entered its final chapter this week, with the Holy Synod ruling in favour of upholding the disgraced monks’ defrocking. ...

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 ...

The Avakoum monks on Wednesday were ordered to split ways after their appeal against their defrocking was rejected. Last month, the Holy Synod decided the three monks embroiled in a ...

After months of wrangling, three Osiou Avakoum monks were defrocked by the Holy Synod on Wednesday, a decision the clerics decried as unfair and said they would sue. Archimandrites at ...

The church’s investigative committee examining the sex and money laundering claims against two monks in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal is expected to file its findings to the ecclesiastical ...

Police are investigating a new financial crime in the Osiou Avakoum Monastery scandal it emerged on Tuesday, following a complaint filed by Archimandrite Nektarios, one of monks involved. Nektarios has ...

Two monks involved in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal requested on Friday to replace their attorney at a hearing to unfreeze their assets, which was eventually postponed by the court ...

Archbishop Georgios on Friday assured that all church charter regulations are being adhered to in relation to investigations into the Osiou Avakoum Monastery scandal, in light of allegations of consistent ...

One of the monks embroiled in the church scandal testified for over four hours before the Synod-appointed investigative committee on Monday. Archimandrite Nektarios walked through the doors of the archbishopric ...