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On August 2, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received the deputies of the “Strong Armenia” and “Armenia” factions of the 9th convocation of the National Assembly at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The Armenian Patriarch conveyed his greetings and blessing to the deputies, emphasizing...
 
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On August 7, the first session of the preliminary hearings in the case of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and six bishops will take place in Etchmiadzin. The international religious freedom watchdog Forum 18 is warning that this criminal prosecution violates the...
 
Poet Husik Aran considers taking the Catholicos of All Armenians to court a national shame: it is a crushing of the backbone of Armenian identity and a serious violation of the law by the authorities.
 
Sculptor Nur condemns the lawsuit against the Catholicos of All Armenians and is sure that it is the last straw of unprincipledness.
 
Fr. Paren Arakelyan believes that we stand in shame before foreign states. But persecution strengthens true Christians and the Church, and the example is the Armenian Patriarch himself.
 
Young people are protesting against the ongoing campaign against the Catholicos of All Armenians and the Armenian Church.
 
Young people express support for the Armenian Patriarch and the Armenian Church.
 
According to the President of the Armenian Writers' Union, poet Edward Militonyan, our writers and intellectuals living in different countries are expressing their deep concern. He urges to recognize the movement of concerns that has begun in the Diaspora - where will it go?
 
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,...
 
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...
 
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.
 
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...
 
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 unions...
 
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...
 
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 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
 
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 demonstrate...
 
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...
 
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 against...
 
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...
 
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 viewed...
 
His 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.  The...
 
The 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...
 
According to Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan, the canonical autonomy of the church is guaranteed by international conventions, therefore no one has the right to interfere in the process of ecclesiastical appointments and dismissals. The appointment and replacement of the Primate is exclusively the...
 
Father Nshan Alaverdyan: “We are at a crossroads where every man makes his choice: for God or against God, for the Church or against the Church. The Church is the advisory body of Christ, and human attempts cannot disturb or influence it, because the Holy Spirit is the guide. We will all go one...
 
Poet Nshan Abasyan: “I will not say it is news that this process is not only not legal, but also not moral: it is generally anti-national, anti-Christian, and distorts the perceptions of our spiritual values. It is very difficult to make predictions, but the developments of recent years show that...
 
Opera singer Araks Mansuryan: “I am here and I do not believe that this has anything to do with reality. Where is our country? Is our Catholicos of All Armenians, before whom we bow every time we see him, in court today? Is this the reality? I am ashamed. When my foreign students ask me, is it...
 
People's Master of Arts of the Republic of Armenia Vano Dadoyan: "Justice, after all, should not be group or partial. Honestly, I do not see anything legal or moral in all this, which is very sad."
 
Artist Ghazar Mirzoyan: "As a citizen, as a Christian, I am suffering very much, something terribly bad is happening. Well, there are no words that can describe or explain this state of mind, I don't know..."
 
Public figure Hambik Sassounyan: "This is persecution against the Church and His Holiness. Talking about the Constitution in Armenia is already ridiculous. They are trying to belittle and trample on all those who are not afraid of them."
 
Journalist David Aslanyan: “In addition to the national shame and the dishonor of the Constitution, I want to say, my dear Armenian people, you will still face many disasters. What has passed over us will seem like a passing thing, because a nation that has risen against God, despised the Church...
 
Chairman Vahe Begoyan: “If the Catholicos is accused of overthrowing the order, this is absurd. This is his direct function, which is protected by the Constitution. The Church is absolutely independent in its hierarchal activities. Today we need to talk about the legal side. This is an...
 
Public and political figure Lilit Galstyan: "I see this as an anti-national, anti-constitutional and anti-moral campaign against the Armenian Apostolic Church. Our Church is more than an ordinary structure: it is one of the foundations of our existence, the most important anchor of our identity....
 
Attorney Ara Zohrabyan: “Although the fact that the judge had previously been granted an attorney’s license was not a legal basis for recusing himself, the judge decided to recuse himself to avoid suspicion. I welcome this step. The judge, in essence, refused to be part of this shameful process.”
 
Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan: “The Armenian Apostolic Holy Church is not an ordinary organization, but the soul of our nation, which carries out its centuries-old spiritual and national mission. The Church cannot be “dekulakized,” expropriated, or nationalized by Bolshevik methods, since it is...
 
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) has issued a statement expressing deep concern over the current situation surrounding the Armenian Apostolic Church and the undue interference in the church’s internal affairs. The leaders of the Council affirmed the vital role of the Armenian Church in the...
 
The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, one of the five main feasts, on August 16. The liturgy of the feast is followed by the blessing of the grapes. The faithful honor the pious and humble Mother of God, asking for her intercession in prayer, and...
 
On August 10, the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople issued a statement expressing its support for His Holiness Karekin II, the Patriarch of All Armenians, and the holy bishops. The Patriarchate urged all those responsible to keep the Armenian Church invulnerable, not to insult its...
 
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church has expressed deep concern over the recent developments in Armenia and expressed its support for His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, the clergy and the faithful. The sister Eastern Orthodox Church has urged all concerned parties to exercise...
 
The National Primacy has issued a statement, noting that the campaign against the Armenian Apostolic Church and the targeting of the Catholicos of All Armenians is unprecedented and dangerous, since, unfortunately, this attack today comes not from the enemy, but from the current authorities of the...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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