Orthodoxy, Religious, Religion & Spirituality 

The best-selling book is now available in English. Find out the real truth behind Archbishop Spyridon's removal from power and the machinations surrounding the Greek Orthodox Church in America. The title is the authorized biography of the former Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, Spyridon. It is a critical account of the turbulent tenure of a hierarch who rose to the church's highest rank and was subsequently deposed once it became evident that he did not serve the dubious interests of the Mother Church in Constantinople. Power games, political expediencies, personal ambitions, and, of course, financial interests made up the web of intrigue spun by those who fomented his removal from office. When he withdrew from the scene in August of 1999, he forever left behind an Archdiocese whose decline he had attempted to reverse... - from Amzon