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 monastery Nektarios Georgiou, Porfyrios Ttoulou and Avakoum Christofi have been stripped of all priestly duties but will retain their monastic status. The monks were […]
