The Great Archimandrite was put on indefinite leave
The Turkish Authorities arrested on Monday the 17th of April, the Great Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Agathangelos Sisko, for the theft of a pocket watch of great value, which had been made for a collector’s collection in 1800 on behalf of the Palaces.
According to his report National Heraldhe went to prison from which he was however released with the intervention of the Police Guard of Patriarch Bartholomew.
The Patriarch put him on indefinite leave.
Sources from within the Fanario told the National Herald that the Patriarch is terribly concerned and saddened by the incident, because the Patriarchate is being dragged after the matter has taken on extensive dimensions in the Turkish press and on the Internet with the projection of a related video.
The owner of the store, in her statements to the media, said, among other things, that “it is a shame because the perpetrator is a member of the Patriarchal Court and he should have thought about the institution he represents and be more careful”.
It should be pointed out that the Great Archimandrite Agathangelos Siskos is, among other things, the Arch-Guardian of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He comes from Kastoria and went to the Patriarchate as a layman and was ordained a deacon and elder there.
In a telephone conversation between the “National Herald” and the Great Archimandrite Agathangelos Siskos, the following dialogue took place:
“E.K.”: Father Agathangel, I am Theodoros Kalmoukos from the “National Herald” of the United States. Do you have a comment about the watch theft issue you were involved in?
Fr. Agathangelos: First of all, thank you for your interest, journalistic obviously. The matter has been assigned to legal. While an investigation is being carried out, I am not allowed to say anything and I also do not have the permission of the director of the Press Office of the Ecumenical Patriarchate because it is an institutional issue, because in the said video the said lady refers to the status of a cleric of the Patriarchate, so it is institutional the issue and I’m not allowed to say anything.”
“E.K.”: However, the person in the video is you.
Father Agathangelos: I told you this, I cannot tell you anything else.
“E.K.”: Why did the Patriarch put you on indefinite leave?
p.. Agathangelos: This is a spiritual issue that the Patriarch himself knows about., now what can I tell you?
Source: Skai
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