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Given the recent tragic skirmishes between the government of Armenia and the national church, which have created yet another ...
He also accused the supreme spiritual leader - Catholicos Karekin II - of breaking his vow of celibacy and fathering a child, calling on him to resign. The BBC has approached the Church for comment ...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared on Tuesday that he would personally lead what he described as the ...
YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia has arrested a second prominent cleric on charges of plotting against the government, the latest escalation in a clampdown on outspoken critics of Prime Minister Nikol ...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared on Tuesday that he will take personal charge in “liberating” the Armenian ...
Parish priests from across Armenia on Friday, July 11, joined senior clergymen in reaffirming support for Catholicos Karekin ...
Security forces faced off with crowds at the headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the government sought to arrest a cleric, in the latest move against outspoken critics of Prime Minister ...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has long had a tumultuous relationship with the Armenian Apostolic Church and billionaire Samvel Karapetyan now seems to have been caught up in it.
He was accused of planning to carry out bombings and arson attacks to disrupt power supplies and stage accidents on major roads to paralyze traffic.
Armenia's liberal government has never been an ally of the deeply conservative Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), but when Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made extraordinary allegations against an ...