Armenian Apostolic Church
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GwenArmenian Apostolic Catholicos Karekin II and Six Senior Clergy Face Trial Over Alleged Defiance of Court Order
Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and six senior clerics appeared before a court in Vagharshapat on August 7 over allegations that they failed to comply with a...
EU Accused of Ignoring Armenian Government’s Actions Against Armenian Apostolic Church, Legal Letter Says
The European Union has been accused of turning a blind eye to the Armenian government’s actions against the Armenian Apostolic Church. The accusation appears in a legal letter...
World Council of Churches Raises Concern Over Government Interference in Armenian Apostolic Church
The World Council of Churches has expressed concern over what it called “undue interference” in the internal affairs of the Armenian Apostolic Church, as a confrontation between Armenia’s...
Robert Amsterdam Urges Protection of Armenian Apostolic Church From Government Interference
On August 27, international lawyer Robert Amsterdam called on the international community to protect the Armenian Apostolic Church from government interference. The appeal was made in a statement...
Armenian PM Pashinyan Launches Church Reform, Renews Call for Karekin II’s Resignation
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has published a statement calling for a “reform” of the Armenian Apostolic Church and renewing calls for the resignation of Catholicos Karekin II....
Armenian Apostolic bishops, after Sankt Polten, Austria, meeting, condemn prosecution of Catholicos Garegin II
Twenty-five bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church have voiced support for Catholicos Garegin II and condemned Armenia’s authorities for their “unfounded prosecution” of the church’s supreme head and...
Armenian Church’s lawsuit against Turkey over Sis Catholicosate continues at cassation stage
The Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, part of the Armenian Apostolic Church, has pursued a legal claim against Turkey for the return of the Catholicosate of...
Diaspora Leaders Urge Armenia to Resolve Church-State Dispute Within Church Governance
Eight diaspora community leaders, all descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors and members of the global Armenian Church, issued a statement on the current conflict between the Armenian government...
Armenian Apostolic Church appoints first-ever representative to Holy See in Rome, Italy
The Armenian Apostolic Church, one of six churches in the Oriental Orthodox communion, will have a fixed representative in Rome, a position similar to those held by Eastern...
