"Fact" daily writes:
This week, the Armenian Apostolic Church was once again subjected to repeated repressions by Nikol Pashinyan. On October 15, the leader of Aragatsotn Diocese, 12 clergymen and three employees of that diocese, the accountant, the treasurer and the clerk, were arrested.
Church activity was paralyzed, there were no more people in the temples to seal babies, marry couples or perform funeral services; the security forces took them all away. As a result, six clergymen, including bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, head of the diocese, were detained for two months, and 60-year-old accountant Naira Alaverdyan was sent to house arrest for one month.
By the way, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan is the cousin of Catholicos Garegin II, so Pashinyan once again resorted to his favorite method of putting pressure on people who don't like him by imprisoning their relatives as a pre-trial procedure. This is how the "democratic" methods work at the hands of the head of the "people's bastion". The pretext for these attacks and arrests against the diocese was the interview of Ohanavank clergyman Aram Asatryan, on the basis of which the head of the "Union of Informed Citizens" NGO, "Sorous" Daniel Ioannisyan, presented a report to the Investigative Committee. However, the first question arises: if it happened on September 17, why was the case started right now? And there are several reasons.
First, Pashinyan once again urgently needed to change the information agenda. A tradition has already been formed: every time he involves the Armenian Apostolic Church in some complicated scandal to distract the public's attention. This time, the information field was extremely unfavorable for Pashinyan. he was humiliated and humiliated at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit so much so that even his supporters were "impressed".
It was necessary to do something urgently so that people forget the videos that flooded social networks, where Pashinyan persistently tried to get close to Trump, and the latter had to turn to his assistants to get rid of the "President of Albania".
And Pashinyan distracted the people by attacking the clergy again. Of course, it is more pleasant to be seen as a dictator than as an object of ridicule in the eyes of the whole world. The second reason why the clerics were arrested right now is related to the instructions that Ankara and Baku give to the Armenian authorities within the framework of the "peace process" of which Pashinyan has become a hostage.
If he stops making unilateral concessions to his neighbors, they will completely stop pretending to settle the conflict (and they're not trying very hard anyway). A clear signal was received from Baku, Pashazade, the president of the Caucasus Muslims Department, announced that Etchmiadzin is a revanchist center and is hindering the peace process. And when journalists asked Pashinyan if there is a connection between those statements and the ongoing proceedings against the Armenian Apostolic Church, he started to roll his eyes, insisting that he knows nothing.
But this is neither the first nor the last lie by Nikol, and the facts speak for themselves. By the way, many analysts note that when it comes to the Armenian Apostolic Church, Pashinyan's team uses the same rhetoric as the Azerbaijanis. For example, the pro-establishment media "Baghramyan 26" calls the clerics "terrorists with a scheme", just like the Azerbaijani media call them. In general, it seems that Pashinyan and his team believe that if they persistently call the clerics "terrorists" and the Church "Ktrich Nersisyan's group", the Armenian people will gradually believe the anti-church propaganda, reject the canonical Church and will agree with the pro-Turkish organization that Pashinyan intends to create instead, already without concealing the instructions of the spiritual leaders of Azerbaijan. This is their mistake. Believing Armenians are not blind.
There is little left, soon Pashinyan's rule will end like a nightmare. And the Armenian Apostolic Church, one of the oldest Christian churches in the world, will remain forever, like Mount Ararat.
Details in today's issue of "Past" daily
