Armenia has arrested a second prominent cleric accused of plotting against the government. On Saturday, a court ordered Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan to remain in pre-trial detention for two months.

By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) -Armenian authorities on Wednesday arrested a prominent Christian cleric, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, and accused him of orchestrating a plot to overthrow the ...

Armenian authorities arrested seven individuals from a pro-Russian opposition party suspected of terrorism. This action ...

A prominent Canadian cleric of the Armenian Apostolic Church is among more than a dozen people Armenia’s security services have arrested in connection to an alleged coup attempt this week.

The Armenian government and the Armenian Apostolic Church are at odds with each other, and the World Council of Churches has ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Arsen Torosyan, a member of Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party, has responded to U.S. Representative ...

A new order to arrest a senior clergyman over allegations of plotting to overthrow the government triggered scuffles outside the most celebrated church in Armenia on Friday, according to Armenian news ...

Church decries ‘anti-clerical campaign’ after premier alleged that Catholicos fathered a child and backed a coup plot.

The people are affiliated with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), also known as Dashnaktsutyun, a group part of the ...

Amid a rift with the Armenian Apostolic Church, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made a scandalous remark. He vowed to 'bare ...

Two archbishops (including Galstanyan) are in prison after a police raid on the patriarchate in Echmiadzin. Pashinyan ...

A brawl erupted in Armenia’s National Assembly involving an opposition lawmaker who later was stripped of his parliamentary ...