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Citizens gathered in front of the court greeted the Armenian Patriarch with chants of “Vehapar”On August 7, the first session of the preliminary hearings in the case of Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and six bishops began at the Echmiadzin residence of the General Jurisdiction Court of Armavir Region. Judge Hakob Manukyan recused himself in a closed session. Citizens gathered in... more |
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Diaspora Diocesan Leaders’ Condemning Statements Regarding the Trial of the CatholicosThe Patriarchal Delegate of Western Europe, the leaders of the Armenian dioceses of Damascus, Germany, Iraq, Romania, Great Britain and Ireland have issued statements, noting that the situation surrounding His Holiness and high-ranking clergy, their summons to court within the framework of a... more |
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Diaspora Spiritual Structures and AGBU Call for Suspension of Proceedings Against CatholicosHis Holiness Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the AGBU have issued condemnatory statements, calling August 7 a day of national shame and disgrace, when the Patriarch of All Armenians and six high-ranking bishops are due to stand trial. ... more |
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International Reuters News Agency's coverage of the trial of the Catholicos of All ArmeniansReuters 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 |
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Diaspora Dioceses Respond to Criminal Prosecution of CatholicosThe 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 |
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International Alert: Religious Freedom Under Threat in ArmeniaThe 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 |
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Catholicos of All Armenians Receives Youth of the Armenian Diocese of ArgentinaOn 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 |
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Statement of the Armenian Diocese of Australia and New Zealand in Support of the Catholicos of All ArmeniansThe 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 |
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This trial is our national disgrace and shameAccording 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. |
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The right to evaluate the activities of the Catholicos does not belong to secular authoritiesAccording 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 |
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Pilgrimage of the youth of the Aragatsotn Diocese to the Diocese of GugarkAbout 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 |
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What is happening these days is a global and pan-Christian disgraceAccording 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 |
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