Continuing his crusade against the Etchmiadzin and its leader, Catholicos Karekin II, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on ...

The Armenian Apostolic Church accused of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday of planning a violent attack on its ...

The prime minister of Armenia has vowed to prove his faith by dropping his trousers to the head of the church. Nikol Pashinyan was challenged to ‘prove’ his member is uncircumcised in a bitter feud ...

Church decries ‘anti-clerical campaign’ after premier alleged that Catholicos fathered a child and backed a coup plot.

Karekin II succeeded the deceased Catholicos Karekin I, who died in late June 1999. Despite periods of lost political independence, the Armenian people have survived as both an ethnic and ...

What do you want from me?" said Pashinyan. He also accused the supreme spiritual leader - Catholicos Karekin II - of breaking his vow of celibacy and fathering a child, calling on him to resign. The ...

Given the recent tragic skirmishes between the government of Armenia and the national church, which have created yet another self-inflicted wound, it seems like an appropriate time to discuss the ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Apostolic Church’s Diocese in Germany has issued a call to the Armenian authorities, urging them to preserve the Church’s independence and uphold the principles of ...

The confrontation between Church and state began at the end of May when the prime minister accused the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, of breaking his vow of celibacy and ...

Karekin II's rule has been beset by scandals. In 2011, a leaked video showed him in business talks over wine with his Georgian counterpart, Patriarch Ilia II; Karekin’s emboldened tone and mafia-like ...

Karekin II also spoke on the challenges faced today against the faith, such as secularism, the distortion of spiritual and ethical values, and the shaking of the family structure.

YEREVAN, Armenia — In a joint declaration signed Sunday, Pope Francis and Catholicos Karekin II expressed their shared belief that, when the family is no longer seen as sacred, it falls into crisis.