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Armenia’s Authorities Strip Etchmiadzin of Access to Hovanavank Monastery

Summary by Asbarez.com
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—The Armenian Apostolic Church has accused authorities of illegally stripping it of access to a medieval monastery where a defrocked priest held a liturgy on Sunday attended by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Several hundred people, among them many central and local government officials and other ruling party figures, also joined the ceremony which Pashinyan said is part of his drive to depose the supreme head of the church…
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Asbarez.com broke the news in on Monday, October 27, 2025.
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