church-state relations

Facts exist against Garegin II says justice minister

Armenian justice minister says ‘facts’ about Catholicos may be declassified

December 12, 2025

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan earlier said he “doesn’t need a catholicos who answers to him, but one who refuses to answer to a senior lieutenant of a foreign intelligence service.”

Another archbishop arrested in Armenia over drug-related charges

Armenia

December 05, 2025

Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan is accused of ordering drugs to be planted in the backpack of a protester opposing the Catholicos. Earlier, two other archbishops were arrested in politically motivated cases.