Was intense the reaction of Archbishop Damian After what they denounced against her monks Sacred Sinai through the memorandum they filed.

“It is extremely enjoyable that the whole chapel gossip finally and the chapels of the chamadies came to light with signatures of specific persons, who now take responsibility individually and in writing“The abbot of the monastery said in his announcement.

“Soon Greek criminal and civil justice will be called upon to rule on all that, false, unknown and slanderous, refer to the nasty “memo”. Of course all compensation, which will result from the lawsuits, will be donated to the Sinai Monastery“, Continues to end up:

“I humbly apologize for the trigger caused by the faithful people, and I pray to God to forgive them for the incalculable damage they did and do in the Holy Monastery and the national effort to safeguard its regime and its future.”

The whole announcement of Archbishop Damianos:

“It is extremely enjoyable that at last the whole chapel gossip and the chapels of the chamadies have come to light with signatures of specific persons, who now take responsibility individually and in writing. This makes it possible to judge those who report. Soon Greek criminal and civil justice will be called upon to rule on all that, false, unknown and slanderous, refer to the nasty “memo”. Of course, all compensation, which will result from the lawsuits, will be donated to the Sinai Monastery. I humbly apologize for the trigger caused by the faithful people, and I pray to God to forgive them for the incalculable damage they did and do in the Holy Monastery and the national effort to safeguard its regime and its future. “

What do monks complain about

It is characteristic that the climate is increasingly burdened with movements that are all but consistent with the spirit that should dominate the monastery. The publication of the “coup d’etat” according to Archbishop Damianos, of the confidential memorandum they had drawn up, quoting the reasons why they were moving for his cessation, brought to light the intense backdrop that preceded it.

From the Archbishop’s environment the question arose why, since the situations they describe are chronic, they have now chosen to move, in this particularly difficult time for the monastery. It is implied, that is, their movements were dictated by alien purposes.

Among other things, the monks embrace the Archbishop for a number of actions, even in support of recent legislation for the recognition of a legal personality of the monastery in Greece, for his long absence from the Monastery, for co -habitation with the AS, in which they attribute it.

Who are the rebels

The movements of the coup d’etat against Mr. Damianos are attributed to personal ambitions. Indeed, as the Everydayfor the monk Karafaliconsidered one of the leaders of these movements, it is attributed to motivated the personal ambition to be the one who will succeed Archbishop Damianos.

A key role is attributed to the Ischio Mohammedfrom Thessaloniki from a derived monk that Archbishop Damianos had appointed a vigilance of the monastery, who is considered to move mainly in the background. There have been questions that he has not been disturbed by the Egyptian authorities, despite the fact that his visa has expired for nine months, according to sources from the monastery.

Also a key role attributed to the Pammilo Yapitzakiswho, while in 2017 received a diploma from the Sinai Monastery and is now a monk of the Great Lavra Monastery, appears to be involved in the moves against Archbishop Damianos.

As the Andreas Loudaros on his TV SKAIon Thursday, ‘Basically the monks have never appeared. They have made 1-2 announcements without ever developing the rationale, based on which the abbot was made. However, the information says that they think he is not a good abbot, that he has in his environment who are wrongly advising him and making decisions, which are not in the interest of the monastery and that it all started when the Greek government decided to build a legal person in Greece in Greece to restore Greece. The monks believed that the abbot found them with the government, who did the grace and gave him the property. I think there have been victims of very bad consultants who have another targeting than to protect the monastery, reaching the point of being guerrilla against 55 years of abbot“

However, the events in the Sinai Monastery also activated reflexes of factors, which they thought would have the opportunity to play their own role. Reportedly, the monasteries of Mount Athos sought to get involved, with two of them, even competing for who will be able to send monks to Sinai in a next stage.

Influence they sought to exercise, connecting with the monks who challenged Archbishop Damianos, two metropolitans of Northern Greece. At the same time, the ecclesiastical circles were activated, which thought they could defend the monastery against the dangers that threatened it, and political factors associated with these ecclesiastical circles were also in the game, which was also reflected in its final vote.