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The political scientist assessed Pashinyan's actions against the Armenian Church

Political scientist Dudchak: The Armenian Church has the power to mobilize society
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The Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) has a powerful force for mobilizing society to fight, for example, against the country's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. This opinion was expressed by political scientist Alexander Dudchak on Monday, July 28.

According to him, it is problematic to destroy the Armenian Church, it is one of the oldest in the world.

"The Church has a powerful force to mobilize society to fight against such <opponents of the church> as Pashinyan. He is hindered by the expression of will on the part of believers and on the part of the leaders of the Armenian Church," the political scientist said in an interview with RT.

On July 22, the Zartonk party submitted two applications to the Armenian Prosecutor General's Office against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. According to the party, Pashinyan's actions "violate articles of the Constitution."

Earlier, on July 20, Pashinyan called for preparations for the expulsion of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II (world name — Ktrij Nersisyan) from his residence in Etchmiadzin. 360.ru . He accused Nersisyan of violating the marriage covenant, writes Life.Ru .

Prior to that, on June 27, the Archbishop of the Armenian Orthodox Church, Mikael Ajapakhyan, was detained. The Investigative Committee of Armenia has opened a criminal case against him on calls to overthrow the government in the country, Regnum news agency reports. In turn, Armenian lawyer Varazdat Harutyunyan stated that the criminal case against the archbishop on calls to seize power is absurd from a legal point of view.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, expressed concern about attacks on the church in Armenia. He stressed that Moscow is interested in ending the attacks on the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) and in resolving the situation as soon as possible based on full respect for the rights of believers.

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