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 ...
Mukhtar near disgraced monastery bewails loss of visitors
Fterikoudes mukhtar Modestos Iacovou on Monday broke his silence over the ongoings at the infamous Osiou Avakoum monastery, laying into the Tamassos Bishop Isaias for damaging the community.
Several witnesses ...
Church process against monks unlawful says their lawyer (Updated)
Monks and their lawyers involved in the Avakoum monastery scandal filed a memo to the church investigative committee arguing that the process being followed by the church was unlawful.
The ...
Archbishop: I have spoken to police about monastery scandal
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.
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Holy Synod court calls for more details in monk scandal (Update 2)
By Nikolaos Prakas and Iole Damaskinos
An ecclesiastical court decided on Wednesday to call for further investigations by a three-member committee looking into the Osiou Avakoum monastery extortion and sex ...
Eyes on ‘MP’ in north’s fake diploma scandal
Attention turned to a sitting ‘MP’ on Monday as the scandal engulfing the north’s education sector regarding “fake diplomas” rumbled on.
The ‘MP’ in question is ruling coalition party ...
Author reveals bogus miracle cures at monastery
The dark side of religious tourism and an extensive miracles racket operating out of the Saint Avakoum monastery in Fterikoudes were exposed on Monday, adding to the slew of scandals ...
Taxpayers will pay the cost of LNG debacle
Terminal at Vasiliko started under a cloud of suspicion and has just got worse
The writing was on the wall even before the contract for the liquified national gas (LNG) ...
An absolute abuse of the system
A real scandal: president did not list his pension in wealth declaration
By Efi Xanthou
The last week saw the pundits debating Cyprus’ latest scandal: namely President Nikos Christodoulides’ omitting ...
Pope meets Canadian cardinals after indigenous school scandal
Pope Francis met with both Vatican-based Canadian cardinals on Saturday as their country reels from the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former school for indigenous students run ...