Kivotos tou Kosmou: Prosecutor’s proposal against father Antonios for financial mismanagement
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The prosecutor requests that Father Antonios and his wife, the presbytera, be referred to trial for alleged financial mismanagement during his leadership at the Kivotos tou Kosmou (Ark of the World).
- 07 Μαΐου 2026 13:20
According to information, in his detailed proposal to the competent judicial council, which is the only authority to rule on the matter, the prosecutor refers to the “illegal appropriation of funds – revenues” by the accused, as well as the “certain damage” to the Kivotos tou Kosmou. The presbytera is particularly mentioned as having taken charge of managing donations, particularly from funerals, while the central treasury was never audited.
Furthermore, it is mentioned that the presbytera allegedly removed cash from a bank vault just before their removal from the administration, and that 63 bank accounts were found outside of the books. Lastly, in the prosecutor’s damning proposal, it is stated that the presbytera unlawfully appropriated assets worth a total of 867,740 euros, including cash, gold coins, and valuables, which she was supposed to return when leaving the administration. According to the prosecutor, Father Antonios was the moral instigator of these actions, as he “persuaded” her to refrain from doing what she should have.
“The first two defendants, Antonios Papadopoulos and Stamatia Georganti, exploiting the continuous increase in Kivotos’ revenue and the lack of organized administration and financial control, having full control, proceeded, as mentioned earlier, both to unlawfully appropriate amounts – revenues of the NGO for personal gain and, on the other hand, with external management actions, caused certain damage to the corporate assets. They used the financial sector and through the third defendant, M.P., to give a semblance of legality to their actions,” states the prosecutor.
The prosecutor concludes that both Father Antonios and Stamatia Georganti, along with another official of the organization, should be tried before the Three-Member Court of Felonies, depending on the case, for felony acts such as continued embezzlement of more than 120,000 euros, large-value misappropriation by managers of foreign property, moral instigation and complicity in the above acts, and money laundering from criminal activities.
