US EditionArmenia arrests another top cleric over an alleged coup plot
- Armenian authorities sought the arrest of Archbishop Mikhael Ajapahyan for allegedly inciting a coup, as stated by his attorney, Ara Zohrabyan.
- Ajapahyan has denied the charges, claiming the accusations are unfounded, according to Zohrabyan.
- Zohrabyan claims the charges are unfounded and part of an illegal anti-Church campaign by the government.
- Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is accused of undermining the nation's spiritual unity with inappropriate comments about the Church leadership.
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Armenia arrests another top cleric over an alleged coup plot
Armenia has arrested a second prominent cleric accused of plotting against the government. On Saturday, a court ordered Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan to remain in pre-trial detention for two months.
Among the most popular figures of the Orthodox Church, he died at 65 years old. Writer and poet, among the 'singers' of Putin and of the war in Ukraine, but invisible to the patriarch Kirill. Pitirim became bishop of the capital of Komi in 1995, at 34 years old. His very popular style for communication without formalism, especially with young people. His obedience to the 'obedience to destiny' of Russia.
Armenian PM Sends Police to Church HQ in Clash with Clergy
Armenian police clashed with priests on Friday as they attempted to raid the seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church, escalating a bitter power struggle between the Church and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government. The confrontation unfolded at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the spiritual centre of the Armenian Church, where masked officers sought to arrest Archbishop Mikael Adjapahyan. Authorities accuse him of inciting a violent coup …
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vz.ltA clash broke out in Armenia on Friday between clergy and police, part of a growing standoff between the influential Church and the government of the Caucasus country.
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