Lawyer Ara Zohrabyan this morning informed, that the investigator did not allow His Holiness the Patriarch to go to Georgia to participate in the holy ceremony of the funeral of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia, as well as in the Divine Liturgy, which will take place on March 22.

Yesterday, the press service of the Mother See informed that the Catholicos of All Armenians received an official notice from the Patriarchate of the Georgian Orthodox Church regarding the funeral of the blessed Catholicos-Patriarch Ilya II and the protocol of related events.

“His Holiness intends to visit Georgia, attend the funeral ceremony, pay his respects to the late blessed Patriarch and bring his grief to the Georgian Orthodox Church and the friendly Georgian people.” had mentioned From the Mother See.

What is the government afraid of, forbidding His Holiness to participate in those ceremonies, does this not harm the reputation of Armenia? In response to the questions: Reverend Paren Arakelyan, spiritual pastor of Psalms said that it is difficult to say whether the government is afraid or not afraid, or what is he afraid of?

“I can say only one thing: this is a shameful phenomenon not only for our church, but also for the entire Armenian people, because it would be appropriate and correct for the Patriarch to attend the funeral of the patriarch’s father.

There can be no fear, His Holiness should have participated in that funeral, they are spiritual brothers, this was a mistake.” of 168.am Father Paren Arakelyan said in a conversation with

To the question whether the investigator made that decision on his own, taking into account all the statements made by Nikol Pashinyan regarding His Holiness, the clergyman answered that he can make assumptions, at the same time he does not think that the investigator would have made such a decision on his own.

“You understand, all this is groundless, we all understand this. How Reverend Mikael came to the funeral of Reverend Tatev, that is, it was normal and right for Reverend Mikael to participate in the funeral of our Reverend Father. In the same way, it would be correct if His Holiness participated in the funeral of the patriarch’s father. We only record the facts, this is a painful reality in which we live. His Holiness should have gone, said a prayer for his spiritual brother and come back,” stressed Father Paren.

It should be reminded that on February 14, the prosecutor’s office initiated a criminal prosecution against the Catholicos of All Armenians on the charge of obstructing the execution of the judicial act related to Arman Saroyan. Banned the departure of His Holiness the Patriarch from Armenia.

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