Armenia
Government-affiliated media circulates photo of Karekin II’s alleged daughter
The photo surfaced shortly after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s allegations were made Monday.
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Pashinyan suggests that the head of the Armenian church has a child
The remarks were the latest in a series of attacks by Pashinyan against the church.
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Pashinyan and wife accuse clergymen of paedophilia and violating celibacy vows
Relations between Pashinyan and the Armenian Church have deteriorated, especially since Armenia's defeat in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020.
Armenia
Armenian Catholicos consecrates church in Belarus despite tensions between Yerevan and Minsk
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government has had a rocky relationship with the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Armenia
Controversy after Armenian Catholicos’ New Year speech not aired on Public TV
Armenia’s Apostolic Church and Public TV are in dispute after the head of the church’s New Year’s Eve speech was not broadcast for the first time in Armenia’s post-independence history, amidst a souring in relations between the church and the government. In previous years, the public broadcaster has aired a speech by the Catholicos, the head of the Armenian church, shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve. A statement released by the Mother See, the Church’s governing body, on the evening
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Armenia’s Jehovah’s Witnesses: ‘enemies of the state’
Armenian identity is so tightly interwoven with religion that it can often be heard that the only true Armenian is a follower of the Armenian Church. Contempt, discrimination, and outright hatred towards religious minorities have led to a worryingly widespread perception of them as outsiders — a threat to Armenian statehood. Deadly discrimination Anna (not her real name), 45, comes from Gyumri. She used to work as an Armenian language teacher in a local school, but was forced to leave af
