Armenia, Pope Leo and Turkey
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Human rights advocates said the Armenian government’s crackdown on Christians has included the unlawful detentions of clergy.
About a dozen bishops and archbishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church have openly revolted against its supreme head, Catholicos Garegin II, amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s intensifying efforts to depose him.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America. To celebrate this momentous event our Primate, Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, will celebrate services in all parishes of the Diocese. Church services take ...
On the fourth and final day of his Apostolic Journey to Turkey, Pope Leo XIV began the day with prayer at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Vatican News informed Sunday In his address, the Pope sent his greetings to Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and the entire Armenian Apostolic community in Turkey.
A priest in Gyumri claimed on Wednesday that officials from Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) have asked him to break canonical rules and defy Catholicos Garegin II so that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian can attend a Sunday mass at his church.