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

The Diaspora is worried


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?

The strength of our country depends on the strength of our clergy


Young people express support for the Armenian Patriarch and the Armenian Church.

Let us stand by the Church, because the Church has always been by our side


Young people are protesting against the ongoing campaign against the Catholicos of All Armenians and the Armenian Church.

As a young man, I stand with all my strength by my Patriarch's side.

Let those who take the Armenian Catholicos to court not hope that the people will leave the Church


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.

This is not just a lawsuit against the Catholicos, but an illegal attempt to bring the Church to its knees


Sculptor Nur condemns the lawsuit against the Catholicos of All Armenians and is sure that it is the last straw of unprincipledness.

There are no more boundaries for shame


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.

International Alert: Illegal State Interference in the Church’s Internal Decisions Forum 18 News Service


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... more