I met Narek Karapetyan, I was even more disappointed with Nikol Pashinyan. Lord Vrtanes

The priest of Aragatsotn Diocese, the spiritual pastor of St. Hovhannes Church in Byurakan, Fr.։

Below are some excerpts from the conversation:

● For me, the holiday of this independence, the First Republic, begins with the return of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin from Ss to Etchmiadzin in 1441, which we will also celebrate in the near future on June 7. The First Republic was the answer to the prayers of those who were at the beginning of the relocation, which was also born in the battle of Sardarapat, Aparan, Vanadzor. And the church, the people, the military-political leadership showed themselves to be heroic. If there are no people in the Republic who are ready to lay down their lives for the sake of the motherland, that motherland cannot survive. Homelands are born with patriotism, states are created with union and are destroyed due to lack of patriotism, naturally.

● Those who call us “agents” have no idea of ​​the state. some rulers try to identify themselves with the state, and they consider their seat, their personal interests, their reproduction, also in the seats of power, to be the existence of the state, and oppose it to the church. The church has never acted against the state. in the period when we lost our statehood, the idea of ​​statehood was kept by the church, and its manifestation was the First Republic, which was formed on the basis of the community of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church and also by the martyrdom of churchmen.

● Praise be to God, the simple people, most of them appreciate the church, the merit of the church. if we are agents, we are agents of our nation, agents of our church, and the highest value for us is our faith, our statehood, the steadfastness of our homeland. And we cannot be silent when we have prisoners of the Armenian nation in Baku prisons, we also cannot be silent when our shrines are being destroyed in the territory of Artsakh, the silence of some authorities is also condemnable by us, regarding the issue of the Genocide, the issue of the return of captives, the issue of the rights of the people of Artsakh.

● The authorities are not able to control the situation, they are not conducting an election campaign, an honest election campaign. First, CP should not have been registered. The Central Electoral Commission had to refuse their registration because there were unconstitutional clauses in their pre-election program. The presence of unconstitutional clauses to interfere in the affairs of the Church and the Mother See is an opportunity for Nikol Pashinyan to use administrative resources, election frauds, etc., to use violence against the church in case of recurrence, he will have to give his hands free by presenting to the public or the international community that the people have given him such a mandate.

● We see that disorganized clergymen, former clergymen, for example, Stepan, Aramais, and similar disorganized clergymen take an active part in the gatherings of the government. For example, I saw Stepan Asatryan’s statement on his Facebook page against Reverend Mkrtich, he said that he was forced to participate in opposition meetings, when I was a priest of that same diocese, I was never forced to participate in opposition meetings. And we see that today Stepan Asatryan, Aramayis and other rioters like them are actively involved in various gatherings of the authorities and even left Hovannavank, which was occupied illegally, by self-righteousness, under the patronage of a state official, and participates in the pre-election campaign with friends and girlfriends. they provide headcount for these gatherings of the authorities.

● The military parade was for display, but I would like the content to be, not to be like the history of the SUs that they were there, but the missiles were not there, it is not a military parade, it is a military exercise, and Armenia will have to conduct joint military exercises from time to time to increase the combat capability of the army. And also, if you have purchased military equipment, why is there such an unnatural fear of Aliyev?

● In any case, I will not vote for the current authorities myself, because I do not share their domestic and foreign policies, but there are wonderful candidates who can be voted for: Robert Kocharyan, Arman Tatoyan, Samvel Karapetyan, a great national benefactor.

For example, I recently met Narek Karapetyan during his visit to Byuraka. I wish I hadn’t met him, because after meeting him, I became even more disappointed with Nikol Pashinyan. At the end, a buffet table was prepared there. I paid special attention to how he will use the table. he did not use the table, he entertained the people around him.

● The leader of Aragatsotn Diocese, Mkrtich Srbazan, is at liberty. we will also celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Diocese, but our joy is not complete, because sanctions are applied to the Holy Father. The holy father does not have the right to visit the presbytery, to visit the churches of the diocese, to meet the priests of the diocese. For example, it was very difficult for me to attend a meeting with a priest at the Mother See and not have an intimate conversation with the diocesan leader.

● I will give my vote to a candidate who has a chance to enter the parliament, that is, my vote will not fall into dust under any circumstances, and I will not vote for the current authorities, but if there are citizens who will go and vote for themselves, it is their free right, I would simply ask our citizens to go and participate in the election, their vote is very decisive, the vote of each of us is decisive.

● We don’t want to look at Mount Ararat in fear, we want to have a powerful army that will ensure our security, we want good relations with our neighboring friends.

● The Lord is our shepherd, and we shall lack nothing. we don’t have it now, we won’t have it forever, and as a message, I will tell our society to go to the polls, to fulfill their civic duty, for the sake of our statehood, our motherland and for the good of our church.

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