Abbot Ephraim

After being diagnosed with cancer, King Charles called a Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos and asked him to pray for his health, as revealed on Tuesday. Elder Ephraim who is currently Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi at...

An Athens criminal court decided on Tuesday, that the exchange of lands between the Greek government and the Vatopedi monastery in northern Greece is not a "scandal," and acquitted all 14 defendants. Among those acquitted were the monastery’s abbot, Ephraim...

Father Ephraim of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, was suing Greek journalist, Kostas Vaxevanis for two of his articles published on the Internet and in print, concerning exchanges between the monastery and the state. The court partially vindicated the...

The Greek state keeps collecting taxes from crisis-hit citizens while wealthy Greek ship-owning families as well the Greek Orthodox Church are exempt from taxation, reports Nikolaj Nielsen for the EU Observer. The Greek Orthodox Church remains the country's largest property owner. ...

A court of appeals judge assigned the case of Vatopedi Monastery Abbot Ephraim, rejected a petition on Thursday filed by the defendant requesting to be released, stressing that he does not meet the necessary preconditions. Ephraim requested his release, citing...

According to Dr. Konstantinos Dokouslis, on Tuesday a medical examination will take place to decide when Abbot Ephraim will be able to be transferred to a hospital in Thessaloniki. Abbot Ephraim was confined to bed with high fever a few days ago....