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Church decries ‘anti-clerical campaign’ after premier alleged that Catholicos fathered a child and backed a coup plot.
PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has declined to specify which article of the Armenian Constitution he relies ...
Samvel Karapetyan, a wealthy Russian-Armenian businessman currently jailed in Armenia, has accused the country's leadership ...
The Georgian Orthodox Church’s claim to several monasteries in neighboring Armenia is stoking religious tension between the two South Caucasus neighbors. The fact that Armenia was the first country to ...
A brawl erupted in Armenia’s National Assembly involving an opposition lawmaker who later was stripped of his parliamentary ...
The Armenian Apostolic Church says its supreme head, Catholicos Garegin II, has reached agreements with Georgia's political and spiritual leaders that will help resolve its long-running disputes ...
The historic meeting of Armenian and Georgian religious leaders in Georgia did not result in any concrete agreements on disputes between the quasi-official churches after nearly one week of talks.
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 ...
Security forces faced off with crowds Friday at the headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the government sought to arrest a clergyman in the latest move against outspoken critics of Prime ...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan participated in the 5th annual International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C., delivered a speech, and answered questions from the speaker. In his ...
The Armenian patriarch has reportedly said he was deceived about the details of the agreement and in October 2023 canceled the deal. The patriarchate is now bringing the case to court.