The Father

Former parish priest at the Holy Monastery of Panagia Kamariani in Red Hill, Father Eleftherios Tatsis (Papa Lefteris), has been defrocked.

[the GOAA suspended Papa Lefteris ](https://greekherald.com.au/community/church/greek-orthodox-archdiocese-of-australia-suspends-father-eleftherios-tatsis/)on October 5 last year and said, “from this point forth, every service and every sacrament that possibly may be performed by the said clergyman does not have validity” and is not recognised by the Archdiocese. [announced his resignation](https://greekherald.com.au/community/church/red-hill-priest-resigns-from-greek-orthodox-archdiocese-of-australia/) from the GOAA on October 2 last year. According to a statement by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia (GOAA), the decision to defrock Papa Lefteris was made by the Ecumenical Patriarchate due to “a series of ecclesiastical and canonical offenses he committed.”