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Church decries ‘anti-clerical campaign’ after premier alleged that Catholicos fathered a child and backed a coup plot.
YEREVAN—Armenian authorities have escalated their crackdown on government critics, with security forces conducting a raid Tuesday evening at the Yerevan residence of prominent businessman Samvel ...
YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia has arrested a second prominent cleric on charges of plotting against the government, the latest escalation in a clampdown on outspoken critics of Prime Minister Nikol ...
A brawl erupted in Armenia’s National Assembly involving an opposition lawmaker who later was stripped of his parliamentary ...
Security forces faced off with crowds at the headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the government sought to arrest a cleric, in the latest move against outspoken critics of Prime Minister ...
The Georgian Orthodox Church’s claim to several monasteries in neighboring Armenia is stoking religious tension between the two South Caucasus neighbors. The fact that Armenia was the first country to ...
The governments of Armenia and Georgia reaffirmed their intention to strengthen bilateral economic relations during Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian’s Tuesday visit to Tbilisi overshadowed by a renewed ...
The Armenian Apostolic Church says its supreme head, Catholicos Garegin II, has reached agreements with Georgia's political and spiritual leaders that will help resolve its long-running disputes ...
The historic meeting of Armenian and Georgian religious leaders in Georgia did not result in any concrete agreements on disputes between the quasi-official churches after nearly one week of talks.