Nikol Pashinyan "decided" that Gevorg Saroyan continues to be the leader of the "Masyatsotni Diocese".
The prime minister, a "defender" of the constitutional norm of the separation of the state from the Church, wrote that since His Holiness (he used the name of his congregation) is not a Catholicos, Saroyan will remain the leader of the diocese. To remind: H.S.O.T.T. Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, January 10, 2026, Patriarch of Masyatsotn diocese Gersh. T. Bishop Gevorg Saroyan was released from the post of diocesan leader.
For the directorate, the circumstances of abusing the situation of the leader, dereliction of duty, coercion and pressure on the churchmen of the diocese served as a basis.
