The Artsakh Issue and the Armenian Church

Father Ararat Poghosyan and prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan discussed the Armenian Church’s historical, educational, cultural, and identity-preserving mission in Artsakh—spanning the Soviet era and the reopening of the diocese to the 44-day war and the forced displacement. They addressed the protection of the rights of Artsakh’s people, the return of captives held in Baku, the preservation of cultural heritage, and the Church’s ongoing initiatives, emphasizing that Artsakh—now excluded from the state agenda—is not merely a matter of the past, and that historical justice must be restored.