(Editor’s note: See Pokrov.org for background on the St. Irene Monastery charges)
Constantinople (sedmitza.ru) — At a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, held on March 27, 2012, it was decided to remove from the rank of Metropolitan of Tyana Paisios (former abbot of St. Irene Chrysovalantou Monastery in Astoria, NY) and his assistant bishop of Apameia Vikentios for the appropriation of the church funds, immoral behavior and insubordination to the Holy Synod.
Metropolitan Paisios arrived at the meeting of the Synod, while Bishop Vincent refused to leave the United States. Now both are in the category of simple monks, according to the the news agency Romfea.gr.
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For the Monk Paisios abusing children, he should be in prison! Bishop Vikentios had to know this garbage was going on and embezzled funds… he should be in prison too. I hope the Monk Vikentios stays in the USA so he can be indicted and put in prison. Unfortunately Monk Paisios is somewhere in Eastern Europe.
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