As Russia's influence wanes in the South Caucasus due to its war in Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan are strengthening bilateral ties and seeking new partnerships with Turkey, the European Union, and ...

Armenia’s government is facing off against its ancient church as the former tries to sign a peace deal with the country’s ...

The Armenian government and the Armenian Apostolic Church are at odds with each other, and the World Council of Churches has ...

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan have met in Abu Dhabi for a new round of talks on ending their almost four decades of ...

A brawl erupted in Armenia’s National Assembly involving an opposition lawmaker who later was stripped of his parliamentary ...

Church decries ‘anti-clerical campaign’ after premier alleged that Catholicos fathered a child and backed a coup plot.

TENSIONS between Church and State in Armenia have intensified, culminating in the arrest of two bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church, who are now facing allegations of terrorism and plotting to ...

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 ...

They have been at loggerheads since the church’s leader, Catholicos Garegin II, began calling for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign over Armenia’s 2020 military defeat to Azerbaijan. The loss ...

Armenian authorities on Friday sought the arrest of Archbishop Mikhael Ajapahyan, head of the Shirak Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, over accusations of inciting a coup and attempting to ...

Armenian police and special forces from the country’s National Security Service (NSS) entered the grounds of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the administrative center of the Armenian Apostolic ...

Armenian security forces clashed with clergymen Friday as they tried to raid the seat of the country's Apostolic Church, the latest chapter of an escalating conflict between the two sides.On Friday, ...