CC had called because the forced applied. Saroyan sent letters to the priests

Reverend Ruben Zargaryan, vicar of Masyatsotni Diocese, was invited to the RA Investigative Committee as a witness. He announced this in a conversation with journalists today.

“I was called at the request of the enforcer, because I allegedly do not comply with their warnings,” said the reverend.

He emphasized that state bodies, in the form of an enforcer, are trying in every possible way to obstruct his service.
“Actually, I, as a clergyman of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, cannot offer liturgy, I cannot meet with young people, I cannot meet with the priest class, because, according to the investigation, this is an obstacle to the judicial act,” he said.

The priest informed that Arman Saroyan continues to write letters to the priests. Recently, two more cases were registered. It was written in the letter that they were removed from their pastorate.

“For some reason, everyone is waiting for the outcome of the elections. Meanwhile, the doctrine of the Armenian Apostolic Church, which also includes Orthodox ecclesiology, is not determined by the elections. If there are clerics who think that they should wait for the elections, then for them the doctrine of the church is changeable,” he said.

According to the priest’s assessment, the processes taking place in the dioceses of Masyatsotn and Aragatsotn are an attack not only on the constitutional foundations of the church, but also on the patriarchal system of the Armenian Apostolic Church, with the aim of destroying it from within.

“The processes taking place in the Masyatsotn Diocese in recent months show that Armenia is not a de facto legal state,” he added.

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