Religion

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan published a video on Facebook announcing that he will attend the “Holy and Immortal Divine Liturgy” at the Holy Mother of God (Surb Yot Verk) Church in Gyumri on Sunday, December 7.

The examination of the petition for the arrest of Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, began on December 5 at the Avan residence of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction

During a meeting with journalists on December 1, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, clarified that he does not currently intend to cease his service in the Armenian Apostolic Church

Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan, Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, commented two days later on his meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan

Today, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the feast of Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew the Apostles, which in 2015 was also proclaimed the Day of Pilgrimage to the Holy Spear of Geghard by a pontifical encyclical of the Catholicos of All Armenians

The Order of Doctors of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has issued a statement addressing the faithful and the clergy, urging them not to be tempted, not to alienate themselves from the spiritual life of the Mother Church, and not to be saddened by the slander and persecution directed at the clergy.  

The Investigative Committee has confirmed that the person depicted in the videos attributed to Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan on the internet is indeed the Archbishop