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Rev. Pangratios Vrionis (AKA Metropolitan Pangratios of the Archdiocese of Vasiloupolis, Queens, New York or Demetrios Vrionis)
Profile: Vrionis is most widely known for his leadership role in the Holy Order of MANS. In the 1980s Vrionis accepted this new-age group into his jurisdiction, whereupon they changed their name to Christ the Saviour Brotherhood. Benedict Greene was in the Archdiocese of Vasilupolis when the Holy Order of MANS joined them and was responsible for training many of
their leaders in the Orthodox tradition along with Vrionis. Criminal Cases:
In 1968 Father Vrionis was a GOA priest in Pennsylvania. He was apparently suspended and defrocked for "disobedience," and at the same time he was also charged with rape of two teen-aged boys by Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. After serving his sentence, Vrionis founded a children's school and his own Orthodox Jurisdiction in Queens, New York (the Archdiocese of Vasilupolis).
Pled guilty to two counts of sodomy and two
counts of corrupting the morals of a minor. Victims: two fourteen year old boys. Sentenced
to probation. Commonwealth of Pennslyvania v. Vrionis, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of
Dauphin, Case Numbers 1378 and 1377. (1968)
