First there were mysterious tears, then brazen theft, followed by a seemingly miraculous return. Now, the Icon of St. Irene, a 1919 portrait that brought worldwide attention to two Greek Orthodox churches-one in Chicago and another in Queens, New York-has become the subject of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. The litigation pits the New York church, the […]

A Greek parliamentary committee has said five former conservative ministers should stand trial over a land swap scandal which shocked the country. The five deny any wrongdoing over the deal, said to have cost the state some 100m euros (

Vanity Fair Paints a Grim Picture, Blames Greeks for “Moral Collapse” ATHENS

As Wall Street hangs on the question “Will Greece default?,” the author heads for riot-stricken Athens, and for the mysterious Vatopaidi monastery, which brought down the last government, laying bare the country’s economic insanity. But beyond a $1.2 trillion debt (roughly a quarter-million dollars for each working adult), there is a more frightening deficit. After […]

Clergymen of the South American Diocese Who Followed Former Bishop Agathangel Into Schism Are Suspended According to an ukase issued by His Grace Bishop John of Caracas and South America, of May 31, 2010, published on the official website of the South American Diocese, “clergymen of the South American Diocese who did not accept the […]

The final countdown for the Vatopedi scandal has started. According to information, the ruling party of PASOK (Panhellenic Socialist Movement) is considering holding former Conservative ministers Theodoros Roussopoulos, Evangelos Basiakos, Petros Doukas, Alexandros Kontos and probably Giorgos Voulgarkis politically responsible for the case. Antonis Bezas, Kostas Kiltides and Apostolos Fotiades are also likely to be […]

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Cleric, Swiss man

EUROKINISSI Theodoros Roussopoulos, the former spokesman of the previous conservative government, yesterday insisted that he did not play a decisive role in arranging a suspicious real estate exchange between a monastery and the state while he was in office. Roussopoulos appeared before the parliamentary committee investigating allegations that a deal which saw the Vatopedi Monastery […]

Monroe County – An internal, year-long investigation performed by the Orthodox Church of America (OCA) discovered alleged financial improprieties at St. Tikhon’s Monastery and Bookstore, dating back to 1996, when it was under the direction of Metropolitan Herman. Interviews and research of documents by the St. Tikhon’s Investigation Committee (STIC) revealed a number of situations […]