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YEREVAN, Armenia (RNS) — Home for Lara Aharonian is this capital city whose architecture still bears the heavy stamp of Soviet days. But when her work on behalf of women living on the margins of ...
News Armenia » Yerevan » Religion: Armenia Holds Inaugural Prayer Breakfast Amid Church Arrests
Some see the crackdown as persecution, others challenge the national church’s ties to Russia. Armenia’s first national prayer breakfast Friday and Saturday comes amid one of the most potent ...
News Armenia » Yerevan » Religion: In Armenia, a bitter dispute escalates between PM Pashinyan and the Church
A confrontation between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Armenia’s top Christian clerics seems to be deepening, polarising the deeply religious South Caucasus nation of 3 million. St Echmiadzin, the ...
News Armenia » Yerevan » Religion: The leader of Armenia’s Apostolic Church faces trial amid a feud with the government
The head of the influential Armenian Apostolic Church has appeared in court for a trial on criminal charges in the latest confrontation with the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
News Armenia » Yerevan » Religion: Vengeance Was Theirs: Armenia Honors Christian Assassins, Complicates Path to Peace
Pastors and professors reflect on the ethical dilemma of extrajudicial justice against Ottoman officials responsible for genocide, and on commemorating their killers today. Surveying the scene on a ...