...so with the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC). So, in June last year, Bagrat Galstanyan, the archbishop of the Armenian Orthodox Church, was arrested. Yervand Bozoyan, a political scientist and board member of the Mother Armenia party, doubts that Mr. Pashinyan has taken on the burden.– In the last 30 years, there have always been political prisoners in Armenia. But under this government, unfortunately, prisoners of conscience have been added to them. This is the first time in the history of...
... modern Armenia that priests have been detained. This is just a disgrace for Armenia, the country that was the first to adopt Christianity at the state level in 301. And the authorities will have to wash away this shame for a long time. Everyone is already saying that, in principle, the government has lost this struggle, because, unlike #Ukraine, the position of the Church has always been very strong in Armenia. In other words, there is a struggle against the Church, which has a 1,600-year...