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ARMENIA: "The National Assembly Has No Authority to Consider Internal Church Matters"

Summary by forum18.org
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party committed itself in its manifesto to unilaterally removing the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin. After winning the election, it included the commitment in its five-year Programme, which the National Assembly approved on 25 August. The Church condemned the government and National Assembly moves as outside their competence. "We would emphasise that the state neither can…
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The party of Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan “Civil Contract” pledged to unilaterally remove the Head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin. The Pashinyan government included this commitment in its 2026-2031 Program approved on August 20. “The removal of the de facto head of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church” is now state policy. The Church condemned such actions by the government and the National Assembly, calling them as beyond…

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forum18.org broke the news on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
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