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  New York Priest Suspended for Sending Women Sinful Selfies

  A Long Island, New York Greek Orthodox priest has been suspended for allegedly sending sinful selfies. Fr. Luke Melackrinos, a married priest and father of three and the spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St....

  • Posted January 18, 2017
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  Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church to be Held in Western Crete

  According to a press release from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the next Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church— a monumental gathering of the world’s Orthodox Christian hierarchs the likes of which hasn’t occurred in...

  • Posted January 30, 2016
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  Orthodox Pundits and Priests Up in Arms Over Greek Orthodox Church’s Award to “Pro-Abortion” Vice President Biden

  Pundits and priests alike from throughout the Orthodox world are up in arms over the selection of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to receive the highest award bestowed by the Greek Orthodox Church, the Athenagoras Human Rights...

  • Posted October 6, 2015
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  Suspended Priest Shamed on NY Post Front Page

  The New York Post shamed a suspended Greek Orthodox priest whose private sex videos with a mistress revealed strange sexual fetishes involving cake.

  • Posted October 4, 2015
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  Suspended Greek Orthodox Priest’s Kinky Habits Revealed in New York Post Report

  The New York Post received anonymous images and videos that were allegedly downloaded from Fr. George Passias work computer that showed him in compromising positions involving strange sexual fetishes. The Greek News Network first reported on Passias’...

  • Posted October 4, 2015
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  Suspended for Sexual Misconduct, New York Priest Bids Farewell to “Spiritual Children” in Farewell Email

  A New York City priest suspended from his duties as pastor at St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in Manhattan has sent an email to his “spiritual children” announcing his retirement. The news of his suspension was first...

  • Posted October 1, 2015
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  Rev. John T. Tavlarides, Longtime Priest at Washington DC Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Dies at 84

  The Rev. Dr. John T. Tavlarides, who spent more than 50 years as the senior priest and later dean of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, building it into one of the country’s most prominent Orthodox...

  • Posted September 28, 2015
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  Prominent New York Priest Suspended for Sexual Misconduct

  The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has suspended a prominent New York City priest who once even held the position of Chancellor of the Archdiocese in the late 1990s. Fr. George Passias, pastor at St. Spyridon in New York...

  • Posted September 28, 2015
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  Metropolitan Isaiah: Utah Mission Parish Here to Stay

  “I say this honestly, and as God as my witness, I have nothing against anyone in Holy Trinity and Prophet Elias who may have said anything against me,” he said. “And they said a lot of things...

  • Posted July 12, 2015
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  Orthodox Priest Who Served Numerous Greek Parishes Jailed for Fondling Man in Bathroom

  The priest of the Nativity of Christ Orthodox Church in Youngstown, Ohio was jailed on June 23, accused of fondling an 18-year-old man in the bathroom of a restaurant in Boardman, Ohio. Currently serving a parish in...

  • Posted June 24, 2015
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