Six priests detained in Armenia as investigation into church figures widens

Leading bishop among Armenian clerics arrested in government crackdown on church

A bishop in the Armenian Apostolic Church has been charged with coercing citizens into public gatherings

UPDATE: 16 PRIESTS ARRESTED. Globalist Armenian PM Pashinyan Detains 6 More Apostolic Church Priests As Attack On Church Continues - CDM - Human Reporters • Not Machines

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Six priests detained in Armenia as investigation into church figures widens

TBILISI - Six Armenian clergymen were detained on Wednesday, their lawyer said, amid a widening crackdown that has seen some religious figures accused of plotting coups in the South Caucasus country. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Azerbaijani cleric and UN Secretary-General meet amid arrests of Armenian clergy

YEREVAN — Azerbaijan’s top Islamic cleric, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh, met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres on October 10, wherein he allegedly accused the Armenian Apostolic Church of sabotaging peace efforts.  These comments, which were reported by Azerbaijani state media, serve to continue the propagandized rhetoric being parrotted by Azerbaijani outlets, which some Armenian experts see as a coordinated attack by Azerbai…

North American Dioceses Issue Statement after Latest Arrests of Clergy in Armenia

The Primates of the North American Dioceses of the Armenian Church of North America issued a statement following the most recent Armenian government crackdown on the church. Below is the text of the statement. We, the Primates of the Armenian Church in North America — Archbishop Hovnan Derderian of the Western Diocese, Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan of the Eastern Diocese, and Bishop Abgar Hovakimyan of the Canadian Diocese — express our profound conce…

North American Primates Issue Message on Clergy Arrests - The Armenian Church

The Diocesan Primates of the Eastern and Western United States and Canada, meeting this week in New York, issued a joint statement on the recent arrests of clergymen in Armenia. Read it here, in English and Armenian. * * * STATEMENT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PRIMATES OF THE ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH October 15, 2025 | Read More The post North American Primates Issue Message on Clergy Arrests appeared first on The Armenian Church.