This is purposeful, planned spiritual slaughter. statement

The Pan-Armenian Council for the Protection of the Armenian Church held an extended session, which was attended by council members from Paris, Marseille, Tbilisi, Moscow, Sochi, Munich, Berlin, London, Madrid, Beirut, Aleppo, Tripoli, Boston, Atlanta, Fresno, Los Angeles, Montreal, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires.

During the session, the council members expressed their concern and assessments regarding the situation around the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, noting that the authorities continue their illegal actions against the Church and the Catholicos of All Armenians.

At the end of the discussion, the Pan-Armenian Council for the Preservation of the Armenian Church adopted the following statement.

“Dear compatriots,

We are facing not only an external enemy, but also forces nesting in our own house, ravaging our identity from within. The moment has come when silence is tantamount to treason, and speaking half-heartedly to pathetic cowardice. If Armenians swallow this insult today and do not stand up for the protection of their sanctities and historical memory, tomorrow we will wake up in a territory that will only be called Armenia on paper, finally emptied of Armenianness and dignity.

This is no longer bad governance or a series of political mistakes. This is purposeful, planned spiritual slaughter. The government of the day has brazenly raised its hands on the strongest pillar of our existence, the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church. The state apparatus has engaged in the vile task of destroying the Mother See, discrediting and desecrating our faith. No, this is not a political dispute, this is open blasphemy.

This anti-national group is trying to tell the Church to be silent and stand aside while they are handing over the motherland piece by piece. Forget it. In the most brutal centuries of our history, when the state was down, it was the Church that saved our species and language. The one who attacks the Church destroys the backbone of Armenia, the one who undermines the chair of the Catholicos brings the entire nation to its knees. We will not allow it.

But their target is not only the Church. Their goal is to eradicate our national memory.

They are trying to tear Ararat from our Constitution and coat of arms, humiliatingly adapting to the demands of the enemy and turning it into a “redundant picture”.

Artsakh has been turned into a closed, unwanted topic, denying the blood of our martyrs and the sorrow of our dispossessed brothers, forcing us to swallow our disgrace in silence.

They turn the holy memory of the Armenian Genocide and the demand for justice into a diplomatic coin, begging for the favor of the Turks.

And what do they order in return? a false “peace” built on humiliation, coercion and concessions. They lie. A nation whose spine is broken, who has denied its history, who has renounced its sanctities, is not expected to have peace, but to be slaughtered. Self-destruction is not peace. Capitulation is not peace. Denial of dignity is just the prelude to a new curse.

They want to convince us that we are weak, that we are alone, that our only way out is to live on our knees and forget.

It is time to put an end to this cowardice promoted at the state level. Today, we announce from Paris that we will not build the future of Armenia on national oblivion. We speak harshly because the time for soft words is over.

We declare unequivocally and demand for the hearing of the whole world and Yerevan government cabinets. we will protect the Mother See. it is not subject to negotiation.

We keep Ararat in our soul and at the basis of statehood. it is not a material subject to surrender to the enemy.

We stand for Artsakh and the memory of the Genocide. they are an inseparable part of our identity.

Armenia is not just a territory. Armenia is dignity, memory and faith. And that Armenia is neither for sale, nor for concession, nor for oblivion.

So let’s stand straight. And let our generations know that Armenia has the right to live only standing, not kneeling.”

Pan-Armenian Council for the Protection of the Armenian Church

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