Armenian Prime Minister responds to report on crisis in Armenian Apostolic Church and ways to resolve it

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has responded to a report prepared by the Public Relations and Information Centre of the Office of the Prime Minister on the crisis in the Armenian Apostolic Church and ways to resolve it.

“Dear people, the Public Relations and Information Centre SNCO of the Office of the Prime Minister has published a report on the crisis that has arisen in the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church as a result of the activities of the Church’s de facto head and a group of high-ranking clergy, and on ways to resolve it.

“The report was prepared in accordance with the Government Programme, which contains relevant provisions, and was prepared on my instructions. Nevertheless, after reviewing the draft report, I concluded for myself that the actual situation established in the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church is much more serious, much more critical than I had initially imagined.

“If we were to summarise the report in one sentence, it proves that the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church has been seized by Ktrich Nersisyan and a group of clergy and laypeople who support him.

“To see this for yourselves, simply read the report. Read it and see for yourselves. We will return to this subject,” Pashinyan said in a video posted on his Facebook page.

On September 24, a report entitled “On the crisis that has arisen in the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church as a result of the activities of the Church’s de facto head and a group of high-ranking clergy, and ways to resolve it”, prepared by the Public Relations and Information Centre SNCO on the instructions of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, was published.