While Soulakiotis' official tenure as abbess began in 1950, she had already been doing the work of an abbess since 1939, [13]: 270 "assuming full responsibility for the monastery" when 'Archbishop' Matthew was aged 78. [3]: 363 Matthew left all day-to-day operations to her, as he was (for some of that time) in prison or away as a hieromonk ...

Jan 26, 2023 · Mariam Soulakiotis, known pejoratively in contemporary media as “Mother Rasputin”, was a Greek Old Calendarist Eastern Orthodox abbess and serial killer who was found guilty of numerous counts of murder, torture, fraud and other crimes.

Apr 3, 2024 · In 1950, a Greek village found itself in the middle of one of the most horrifying cases imaginable. Mariam Soulakiotis, or Mother Mariam as she called herself, was the abbess of a radical monastery headed by a disgraced monk named Matthew Karpathakis.

Jul 27, 2022 · Mariam Soulakiotis hid torture and murder within the walls of her convent in Greece for over a decade. How did “Mother Rasputin” escape justice for so long?

Oct 29, 2024 · Mariam Soulakiotis, a name rarely uttered outside hushed historical circles, was no ordinary abbess. Known as the “Serial Killer Nun,” her ascent from a modest background in Greece to a...

Abbess Mariam Soulakiotis (c. 1883 – 23 November 1954), née Marina Soulakiotou,: 360 also known either to her followers as Mariam of Keratea, or in contemporary media pejoratively as " Mother Rasputin ",: 357 was a Greek Old Calendarist Eastern Orthodox abbess and serial killer who was found guilty of numerous counts of murder, fraud and ...

Abbess Mariam Soulakiotis, née Marina Soulakiotou, also known either to her followers as Mariam of Keratea, or in contemporary media pejoratively as "Mother Rasputin", was a Greek Old Calendarist Eastern ( Wikipedia) Criminal penalty: 14 years in …

Mother Superior Mariam Soulakiotis was a nun who allegedly killed 177 men and women at the Keratea convent, and embezzled the dowries of wealthy women who joined. She led the Old Calendarist Sect, which is separate from the Greek Orthodox Church due to its practices.

LONDON, November 23. — Reuter's Athens correspondent says that Mother Mariam, aged 71, former Abbess of ...

1952 - Abbess Mariam of the Matthewite Keratea convent along with other nuns and monks are arrested. It was learned that Mariam had amassed a fortune of some $150,000 by embezzling the dowries of Greek woman who join the convent.