Avakoum monk ‘pretended to be Saint Porphyrios in confessions’

A former monk informed the Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday that monk Nektarios of the Avakoum monastery pretended to be Saint Porphyrios during confessions and used the alleged incidents to encourage obedience. The witness, who joined the monastery as a novice in March 2022 and left in March 2024, described what he said were exhausting […]