Pashinyan Authorities Once more Assaults Armenian Apostolic Church – 21 Monks Summoned For Costs – CDM – Human Reporters • Not Machines
The development is shocking because the Trump administration continues to ignore Pashinyan’s actions against the Church in favor of a peace deal with neighboring Azerbaijan, which culminated in a flashy White House ceremony.
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BEIRUT, LEBANON – Today the government of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan again attacked the Armenian Apostolic Church, adding to a long list of tyrannical persecution by Pashinyan’s globalist government.
After previously arresting 16 priests, and threatening to take over the ancient site of Etchmiadzin, the headquarters of the national church, the site of the first Christian cathedral in the world, this morning 21 priests were summoned to the investigative committee for charges.
The development is shocking because the Trump administration continues to ignore Pashinyan’s actions against the Church in favor of a peace deal with neighboring Azerbaijan, which culminated in a flashy White House ceremony.
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You can read a list of government actions against Christianity in Armenia here by local media.
A statement by the Church is below:
According to the summons, all of us must appear before the investigative body for the same criminal proceedings. Diocese of Aragatsotn
Aragatsotn Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church
Our clergy inform you that yesterday, 24.10.2025, through the police officers. at different times (including late evening, night) were transferred to us the subpoenas issued on behalf of Nazel Sargsyan, the senior investigator of the Yerevan investigative department of the Investigative Committee.
copies, according to which we should all have 2025 On Sunday, October 26, at 09:00, we will appear at the investigative body in Yerevan with the same criminal proceedings. Aragatsotni Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church issued a statement about this.
RA Constitution, the Law “On Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church” and “Freedom of Conscience and Religious
According to the requirements of the Law on Organizations, the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church has the right to perform services and rituals, and the state has no right to interfere in the internal life of the church.
It is a well-known fact that the Holy and Immortal Liturgy is celebrated every Sunday in all existing churches.
Each of us, in 2025 On the morning of October 26, we will celebrate Holy Liturgy in the churches of Aragatsotn region and we will not be able to appear before the investigative body on that day.
because otherwise we will violate our spiritual duties and leave our believers without Holy Communion.
In addition, all of us want to appear as witnesses at the interrogation, only lawyers
with, while on a non-working Sunday we will not be able to provide
the presence of lawyers (some of my priests are represented by the same lawyer, which is also an obstacle to participate in the interrogation at the same time).
We are not going to testify without the presence of a lawyer.
These are respectable reasons, taking into account that we call upon the investigative body to invite us for the interrogation on another day, at least two days in advance, notifying us about the interrogation (the notices were also delivered in violation of this requirement). It is also noteworthy that on these non-working days we do not have the opportunity
to deliver any document to the body’s office.
At the same time, we express our concern about the above-mentioned behavior of the Investigative Committee, by which an attempt is made to leave an entire region without the Holy and Immortal Liturgy.
Father Manuk priest Zeinalyan
Priest Sargis Sargsyan
Priest Hayk Kocharyan
Priest Narek Sargsyan
Reverend Paren Arakelyan
Reverend Moushe Vahanyan
Rev. Hovel Ohanyan
Priest Sevak Saribekyan
Ter Hambardzum priest Danielyan
Priest Yeghishe Barseghyan
Priest Zorayr Karapetyan
Reverend Ghevond Gapoyan
Priest Hayk Sahakyan
Priest Vazgen Hovhannisyan
Father Baptist priest Yeranyan
Priest Vrtanes Baghalyan
Reverend Malachia Gevorgyan
Priest Oshin Hayrapetyan
Priest Mkhitar Aharonyan
Artak Deacon Safaryan
Vahagn deacon Stepanyan.