Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II
By Satenik Kaghzvantsyan GYUMRI (Azatutyun) — Priests serving at the main church of Gyumri were forced to leave it ahead of a mass on Sunday, December 7, held there by[...]
YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The clergy of the Aragatsotn Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church on December 2 issued a statement in response to “unprecedented attacks and encroachments” against the Church[...]
By Susan Badalian and Ruzanna Stepanian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Two jailed archbishops have strongly condemned a dozen of their colleagues who have effectively joined Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s efforts to[...]
For some time now, informed Armenians have been closely following the serious deterioration of relations between the authorities in Armenia and the leadership of the Armenian Apostolic Church – the[...]
By Ken Chitwood YEREVAN (Christianity Today) — Armenia’s first national prayer breakfast Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15, comes amid one of the most potent confrontations between church and[...]
Since 2018, the internal political life of the Republic of Armenia has been marked by ever-increasing polarization. Initially, it could have been described as a witch hunt against the former[...]
By Naira Bulghadarian and Robert Zargarian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — The Armenian Apostolic Church has accused authorities of illegally stripping it of access to a medieval monastery where a defrocked priest[...]
YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — The Armenian Apostolic Church is undaunted by the arrests of two more of its priests, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II said on Sunday, October 19, after[...]
YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — One week after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan pledged to continue trying to depose him, Catholicos Karekin II accused Azerbaijan on Thursday, September 4, of destroying Armenian churches[...]
By Robert Zargarian YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am) — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday, June 26, threatened to forcibly remove Catholicos Karekin II from his Echmiadzin headquarters if the supreme head of[...]