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Mariam Soulakiotis

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Mariam Soulakiotis
Μαριάμ Σουλακιώτη[a] or
Σουλακιώτου[b]
Born
Marina Soulakiotou[3]: 360 [c]

c. 1883 (1883)[note 3]
№71 Megalou Alexandrou,[3]: 360 [d] Keratea, Greece
Died (aged 71)[note 4]
Averoff Prison
Resting placePanagia Pefkovounogiatrissa Monastery [wd][f][3]: 366 
Occupation(s)Nun, abbess, convicted criminal
OrganizationGreek Old Calendarists (Matthewite)
PredecessorBishop Matthew Karpathakis of Vresthena (†1950)[e]
Criminal penalty14 years in prison (died with pending criminal cases)
Details
Victims27[note 1]–177[note 2][2]
Date apprehended
5 December 1950
Imprisoned atAveroff Prison

Abbess Mariam Soulakiotis[a][note 5] (c. 1883[note 3] – 23 November 1954),[2][5] née Marina Soulakiotou,[c][3]: 360  also known either to her followers as Mariam of Keratea,[g][6][7] or in contemporary media pejoratively as "Mother Rasputin",[h][9][3]: 357 [1] was a Greek Old Calendarist Eastern Orthodox abbess and serial killer who was found guilty of numerous counts of murder, fraud and other crimes, which public prosecutors of the Kingdom of Greece alleged she committed against both laypeople and other nuns in her abbey[3]: 365–366  between 1939 and her arrest in December 1950.[7][9]

During the time period of the crimes she was convicted of, Soulakiotis was neither a member of the mainstream Greek Orthodox Church nor in communion with the other, larger Old Calendarist group (the "Florinites") — she was a devoted follower of Archbishop Matthew Karpathakis of Vresthena,[e] whom both groups consider a schismatic.[10][11]

Greek civil authorities first arrested Soulakiotis on two charges unrelated to serial murder: export of olive oil to Cyprus and import of tires[4] after a large raid on her abbey which took place on 4 December 1950.[7] Receiving multiple sentences over her three trials totalling fourteen years,[3]: 366 [note 6] Soulakiotis died in Averoff Prison on 23 November 1954.[12] As she died before all of her criminal trials were done, she was only technically found guilty of seven premeditated murders—as well as more than one hundred negligent homicides due to offering 'free' tuberculosis treatment that only consisted of staying at her monastery's high altitude locale, not medical therapy.[3]: 365  Excluding these negligent homicides, the typically agreed upon total of her victims is 27; including them, 177.[12][13]

Soulakiotis' convent was the Panagia Pefkovounogiatrissa Monastery[f][14] ("The Convent of the Virgin in the Pines")[9] near Keratea, Greece. As of 2022, the Old Calendarist abbey Soulakiotis once managed remains open and still has nuns who believe she was innocent and who venerate her as a saint.[15][14] Some modern Greek Old Calendarists on Matthew's side of the schism (but outside the convent) concur.[16]: 8, 22 

Modern secular historians, however, reject the possibility of her innocence, based on the overwhelming number of witness statements and amount of evidence, although disagreement exists as to the true number of her victims.[3][13]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference MBulletin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Newton, Michael (1 February 2006). The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Infobase Publishing. p. 412. ISBN 9780816069873.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Cite error: The named reference Kouletaki2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Nuns Charged with Abduction". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania: Associated Press. 26 January 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 28 March 2022 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "To kolastírio tis Monís Keratéas kai i aimostagís igouméni" Το κολαστήριο της Μονής Κερατέας και η αιμοσταγής ηγουμένη [The hellscape of the Monastery of Keratea and its murderous abbess]. Newsbeast (in Greek). 5 February 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. ^ Moss, Vladimir (2008). New Zion in Babylon: The Orthodox Church in the Twentieth Century (PDF). Vol. 4. pp. 100–106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2021.
  7. ^ a b c Stamatiou, Elina (9 May 2016). "I monachí serial killer Mariám tis Keratéas" Η μοναχή serial killer Μαριάμ της Κερατέας [The serial killer nun: Mariam of Keratea]. Ρεπορτερ [Reporter] (in Greek). Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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  9. ^ a b c Martin, Richard (26 November 1954). "Mother Rasputin, They Aptly Named Her". The Sun. Sydney, New South Wales. p. 22. Retrieved 30 March 2022 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
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  12. ^ a b Maniatis, Kostas (12 September 2020). "I Ellinída igouméni pou skótone kalógries kai tous ékleve tis periousíes" Η Ελληνίδα ηγουμένη που σκότωνε καλόγριες και τους έκλεβε τις περιουσίες [The Greek abbess who killed nuns and stole their fortunes]. OneMan (in Greek). 24Media. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  13. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ a b "Istoria Tis Monis" Ιστορια Της Μονης [History of the monastery]. Μονή Παναγίας Πευκοβουνογιατρίσσης [Panagia Pefkovounogiatrissa Monastery] (in Greek). 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  15. ^ Starida, Giouli (22 May 2008). "To monastíri ton nekrón" Το μοναστήρι των νεκρών [The monastery of the dead]. Espresso (in Greek). Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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