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Armenian Church-State Conflict Escalates Amid Cleric Arrests
The Armenian Church is experiencing intensified friction with the government following the arrest of Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan on drug-planting charges from 2018. This forms part of broader tensions over church-state relations and recent peace negotiations with Azerbaijan. Multiple clerics face allegations of coup attempts against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Etchmiadzin Condemns Arrest of its Chancellor—4th Archbishop Now Behind Bars
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—The Armenian Apostolic Church strongly condemned the Armenian authorities on Friday for arresting and bringing “baseless charges” against another of its bishops amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s continuing drive to depose Catholicos Karekin II. “This action is a manifestation of the recent repression unleashed against the Church and a continuation of the political persecution of clergy,” read a statement released by th…
Yerevan, 5 Dec (Latin Press) A court in Yerevan sentenced Archbishop Arshak Jachatrian, head of the office of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, to two months of pretrial detention, informed today his lawyer, Arsen Babaián. The post Armenian Court gives pretrial detention to Archbishop Arshak first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
A court in Armenia arrested Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, head of the office of the Armenian Apostolic Church, for two months in connection with the illegal sale of drugs by prior agreement in a public place (article 393, part 2, paragraphs 1 and 4, of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the Armenian service of Radio Liberty. According to his lawyer Arsen Babayan, there is no evidence of his guilt. “What usually happens in such political c…
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