Armenian Apostolic Church Condemns Travel Ban on Its Chief Pastor Catholicos Karekin II

Armenian Apostolic Church condemns travel ban on its chief pastor Catholicos Karekin II

THE Armenian Apostolic Church has condemned the commencement of criminal proceedings against its chief pastor, Catholicos Karekin II, who was also barred from attending an assembly of the Armenian Church held in Austria this week. “These unfounded...

Travel Ban on Catholicos Prompts Concerns

YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — The travel ban on Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II on Monday, February 16 prompted angry responses from many people in Armenia and beyond. Attorney Robert Amsterdam issued a statement calling Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan an “autocrat” for the travel ban. “Armenia’s Prime Minister, Niko! Pashinyan, has spent months publicly denigrating and attacking Karekin II, the Catholicos. The Armenian state has been…

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Armenia The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has strongly condemned the decision by Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office to initiate criminal proceedings against His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and to impose a travel ban preventing him from leaving the country. In an official statement, the Mother See described the measures as “unfounded and unlawful,” asserting that they carry a distinctly political ch…