(WBIR- KNOXVILLE) – A new tally shows a former church treasurer took $400,950 from Saint George Greek Orthodox Church over about four years, and church members want that man to be prosecuted, records show. Church officials filed an incident report Wednesday with Knoxville Police Department and have contacted the Knox County District Attorney General’s Office, […]

KNOXVILLE, TN – The treasurer of the St. George Greek Orthodox parish of Knoxville TN, Constantine Christodoulou has reportedly embezzled in excess of $360,000 from the Church’s accounts for his own use, leaving the parish with only $2,000. The parish took on a bank loan of $150,000 in order to continue to function. The theft […]

A Knoxville church is decrying the alleged theft of $360,000 by a former church treasurer “blinded by the temptations of the devil.” In a letter obtained by 10News, Father Anthony Stratis of Saint George Greek Orthodox Church names the man and states that he has admitted using the money for his own personal use. “The […]

The trial of 13 people charged in the Vatopedi Monastery land swap scandal was adjourned because the courtroom wasn’t big enough. ATHENS – The trial of 13 people charged in the Vatopedi Monastery land swap scandal that cost the government hundreds of millions of euros in lost revenue was abruptly adjourned as soon as it […]

The trial of 13 people over the alleged Vatopedi Monastery land swap scandal began on Monday but was adjourned until March 23. The judged adjourned the trial so a new, larger courtroom could be assigned. Originally, 14 people were due to stand trial but one of the accused has died. Those who will face charges […]

The case of Fr. James Dokos, former presiding priest of the Annunciation Parish in Milwaukee, shows again the Greek Orthodox Church is rudderless. The case of Fr. James Dokos, former presiding priest of the Annunciation Parish in Milwaukee has brought to light once again a lack of leadership in the Greek Orthodox Church, on the […]

A former chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America, who has been accused of longtime financial wrongdoing, has been ousted from the priesthood. The verdict by an OCA spiritual court against Robert Kondratick took effect July 31. Kondratick has said he’s innocent. He held the second-highest job in the denomination. Financial controls in the church […]

Rev. Angelo Artemas, presiding priest at the Annunciation parish in Milwaukee, spoke with TNH about his predecessor, Fr. James Dokos, who has been charged with stealing money from a trust of a former parishioner of his. MILWAUKEE, Wisc. – Rev. Angelo Artemas, presiding priest at the Annunciation parish in Milwaukee, WI broke his silence and […]

A high-ranking Greek Orthodox bishop in Chicago was warned by a prosecutor against “potential efforts to intimidate witnesses” in a case involving a priest accused of stealing more than $100,000 from a Milwaukee church. The warning came after another priest in Milwaukee told authorities that Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, the No. 2-ranking official in the […]

Father James Dokos Jr., accused of stealing more than $100,000 from a trust fund, offered an unusual defense: that he was protected by the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion — an argument made by his trio of lawyers, including high-profile attorney Frank Gimbel. Sorry, said Circuit Judge M. Joseph Donald in a ruling yesterday: […]