Topic: church
What is happening in Armenia is becoming quite dangerous. Is it possible that Prime Minister Pashinyan has started to become delusional? Let us observe his recent actions carefully. He officially[...]
By Arshaluys Barseghyan Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, who previously called for Catholicos Karekin II to step down and backed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s church reform agenda aimed at ousting the Catholicos,[...]
YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Twenty-five bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church have voiced support for Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and condemned Armenia’s authorities for their “unfounded prosecution” of the[...]
By Naira Bulghadarian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Law-enforcement authorities indicted Catholicos Karekin II on Saturday, February 14, one day after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan implicitly pledged to prevent an upcoming meeting[...]
YEREVAN (Zartonk) — The world-renowned religious freedom organization Christian Solidarity International (CSI) sent a fact-finding mission to Armenia the first week of February to investigate persecution of the Armenian Apostolic[...]
By Susan Badalian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Armenian law-enforcement authorities have indicted six more bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church, raising to ten the total number of senior clergymen prosecuted amid[...]
Under the presidency of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, the Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church, during its last meeting, considered it necessary, in the current conditions[...]
By Arshaluys Barseghyan As Armenia celebrated the holidays, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has published a statement envisioning a ‘reform’ of the Armenian Apostolic Church, renewing calls for the resignation of[...]
By Sergio Nahabetian A profoundly fallacious argument circulates in certain Armenian political sectors: that the Armenian Apostolic Church must remain on the sidelines of state affairs, while paradoxically allowing —[...]
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[...]