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Armenia: Head of Armenian Apostolic Church on trial amid dispute with government | Orthodox Times (en)
An Armenian court yesterday began the trial of the powerful head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, in the latest episode of the dispute between the country’s religious authorities and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and six bishops, all senior members of the Church hierarchy, are accused of obstructing the enforcement of a court ruling in a civil dispute involving another cleric, Gevorg Saroyan. The bishop …
The Supreme Spiritual Council, convened at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, described as unacceptable what it called the continuing policy of interference in the Church's internal affairs, criminal and legal proceedings involving clergy, and restrictions imposed on Church activities through state mechanisms. The Supreme Spiritual Council said the authorities' infringement on the Church's constitutional…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accuses the church leadership of multiple wrongdoings, while clergymen speak of politically motivated pressure. The conflict is deepening divisions in Armenian society.
The confrontation between the Church and the Prime Minister began after Armenia's military defeat by Azerbaijan in 2020.
The trial of Armenian Patriarch Karekin II and six bishops, accused of obstructing a court decision, has begun, amid tension between the Armenian Church and Prime Minister Pashinyan.
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