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January 12, 2007
His Holiness Karekin II Defrocks Rev. Fr. Khoren Zakarian
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians,
has issued a Pontifical Order dated January 12, 2007, whereby Rev. Fr.
Khoren Zakarian has been defrocked for resigning from his pastoral service.
As of this day, the defrocked clergyman is a member of the laity and shall
be known by his baptismal name of Artavazd Zakarian.
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