Nikol Pashinyan, in a briefing with journalists after today’s Cabinet meeting, again referred to the Apostolic Church, the clergy led by His Holiness the Patriarch, accusing them of “inciting war” with Azerbaijan, because they use the expression “Republic of Artsakh” during liturgies.

“I say that Kutrich Nersisyan took over the leadership of the war party in RA. During church liturgies, the word “peace” is used more than 40 times, and 4-5 times it is emphasized: Lord God, give peace to the world. Here we are also talking about service of a spiritual nature. This is another example that these people have nothing to do with spiritual service at all.” mentioned Nikol Pashinyan.

Clergyman of Aragatsotni Diocese Reverend Sargis Sargsyan went through the 90s war in Artsakh, saw how the Republic of Armenia encouraged Artsakh and Artsakh Armenians.

“For the sake of that Artsakh, we sacrificed more than 6,000 people. At that time, Artsakh was ours? Now they say: Artsakh is not ours? How can we understand this? How will that person explain this to us?”

How can this explain to me, my parents, his contemporaries who participated in that war, that Artsakh is no longer ours?” 168.amFather Sargis Sargsyan said in a conversation with

According to the cleric, if they should not remember Artsakh, then they should also not remember who their parents were, where their roots are from, just let them say that they are citizens of the Republic of Armenia, and that’s it. But it cannot be like that, a person must say who he is, what family and parents he is a child of, where his roots are from, etc.

“Why did we sacrifice so much for Artsakh in the 90s, for nothing? They cannot explain this to us.

In 2019, he was shouting, “Artsakh is Armenia, and that’s it”, why, if he can, let him give us the answers to all these “whys”, and we will give our answers in our turn”, added priest Sargis Sargsyan.

Our interlocutor does not rule out that one day the government will ban the use of the word “Artsakh”, including in the church.

“They declare who are not with the authorities and who are on the side of the Catholicos, so they are “agents”. With this same logic, they will say whatever they want tomorrow,” emphasized Father Sargis Sargsyan.

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