International Reuters News Agency's coverage of the trial of the Catholicos of All Armenians


Reuters news agency has covered the trial of the Catholicos of All Armenians and six high-ranking clergymen in Armenia, assessing it as another escalation of the deepening contradictions between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's government and the Armenian Apostolic Church. This trial is... more

Diaspora Dioceses Respond to Criminal Prosecution of Catholicos


The Armenian Eastern Diocese of the United States, the Armenian Diocese of Canada, Russia, and New Nakhichevan, as well as the Armenian Diocese of Argentina and Chile, have issued statements condemning the decision to initiate criminal prosecution of His Holiness Karekin II, the Patriarch of All... more

International Alert: Religious Freedom Under Threat in Armenia


The legal organization “Christian Solidarity International” is sounding the alarm about the trial of the Armenian Patriarch and six bishops on politically motivated false charges.  The organization calls on the entire world to express solidarity with the Armenian Apostolic Church... more

Catholicos of All Armenians Receives Youth of the Armenian Diocese of Argentina


On August 6, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received 17-18-year-old graduates of national and secondary schools of the Armenian Diocese of Argentina and their accompanying educators.  His Holiness urged the youth to... more

Statement of the Armenian Diocese of Australia and New Zealand in Support of the Catholicos of All Armenians


The Primate of the Diocese, the clergy, the Diocesan Council and related bodies have issued a statement expressing their full support for His Holiness Karekin II, the Catholicos of All Armenians, the six bishops and the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

This trial is our national disgrace and shame


According to Bishop Zakaria Baghumyan, in reality, each of us is being judged who wants to remain faithful to our national-Christian identity and the traditions of the Church, and all this should be a call for awakening and unity around the Holy Church for every Armenian.

The right to evaluate the activities of the Catholicos does not belong to secular authorities


According to ethnographer Lernik Hovhannisyan, chairman of the diocesan council of the Artsakh diocese, even when captured by foreign tyrants, the Catholicos of All Armenians did not cease to be His Holiness. The authority to evaluate the activities of the Patriarch belongs exclusively to church... more

Pilgrimage of the youth of the Aragatsotn Diocese to the Diocese of Gugark


About 200 young people from 15 communities of Aragatsotn came on a pilgrimage to the St. Gregory of Narek Church, the seat of the Diocese of Gugark.  The Primate of the Diocese of Gugark, Bishop Hovnan Hakobyan, presided over the Divine Liturgy, and the spiritual leader of the youth... more

What is happening these days is a global and pan-Christian disgrace


According to Father Asoghik Karapetyan, the illegal actions against the Patriarch of the Armenian Church and high-ranking clergy are directed against God the Creator and the Christian idea, and those who bring all this to life must be well aware that they will ultimately stand before God's... more

Our religion remains the only means of preserving our nation


According to singer, Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia David Amalyan, if we do not stand by the church that completes our faith, we will simply become traitors.

The trial against His Holiness the Patriarch is an unimaginable and incomprehensible phenomenon for us


According to Bishop Armash Nalbandyan, this trial is not only an attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the church and religious freedom, but also a clear violation of the Constitution and law of the Republic of Armenia, because the powers of church governance and administrative... more

Even foreign dictators did not interfere in the internal affairs of the Church


According to ethnographer Lernik Hovhannisyan, chairman of the Diocesan Council of the Artsakh Diocese, even foreign dictators, while imposing certain restrictions, did not interfere in the internal affairs of the Church. According to the RA Constitution, the state and the church are separated,... more