Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II

The Armenian Apostolic Church, as an institution, has sustained the Armenian identity for centuries. Throughout the ages when there was no independent homeland for our people, the Armenian Church was the reason we and our[...]

By Robert Zargarian and Susan Badalian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Dozens of men believed to be law-enforcement officers manhandled journalists outside Armenia’s main cathedral late on Thursday, December 18, as they[...]

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[...]