ArmInfo. In the Holy Etchmiadzin, on July 10, under the chairmanship of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, a meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council was held.
According to the press service of the Catholicos, during the meeting anti-canonical actions were carried out against the Mother See of Etchmiadzin, including the invasion of the Catholicos' residence by demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Catholicos. Discussing the situation, the members of the Council found the steps of the demonstrators unacceptable.
It was also reported that believers from Armenia, the Diaspora, and many clerics expressed their concern with this issue. The disciplinary committee decided to deprive the rank of hieromonk Korjun Arakelyan, leading the protest movement.
Nevertheless, the Supreme Spiritual Council, having heeded the call of Garegin II, decided to set a deadline of one week so that members of the initiative could stop their actions and return to "faith."
In recent months, actions have been held in Armenia demanding the resignation of Garegin II. Demonstrators even with this demand invaded the Office of the Catholicosate. Only today the forces of law and order managed to clear the territory of the demonstrators.