Topic: Religion
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 Archbishop Khajag Barsamian The Armenian people are living through a historic turning point. For the first time in centuries, we have an enduring and independent Republic of Armenia. Yet[...]
In recent months, it is well known to all that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his government’s judicial bodies have been rapidly stepping up offensive actions against the high-ranking clergy[...]
By Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has suggested that the choirs in all Armenian Apostolic churches perform the national anthem prior to Sunday morning services. The proposal[...]
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[...]
As Christians come under increasing siege in Nigeria, the Trump administration is responding as President Joe Biden’s team never did on Nagorno-Karabakh. On December 3, 2025, Secretary of State Marco[...]
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[...]
BAYSIDE, N.Y. — On Sunday, November 23, the Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs in Bayside, Queens, celebrated a bountiful Thanksgiving Fellowship in honor of its pastor, Fr. Abraham Malkhasyan,[...]
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[...]