Religion

The Bishops’ Council will take place

The primate of the Shirak Diocese, Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan, has once again undergone surgery.

The legal defense team of Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan, Leader of the Shirak Diocese, has filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the violation of rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights.

The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has issued a statement addressing the criminal proceedings and prosecution initiated against the clerical members of the Supreme Spiritual Council.

A ban on leaving the country has been selected as a preventive measure against Bishop Vahan Hovhannisyan, Director of Clerical and Youth Training Programs; Archbishop Haigazoun Najarian, member of the Mother See brotherhood; Bishop Mushegh Babayan, Director of the Administrative and Economic Department of the Mother See; Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan, Director of the External Relations and Protocol Department of the Mother See; and Bishop Hovnan Hakobyan, Primate of the Diocese of Gougark