A report has been published on the situation in the Armenian Apostolic Church and possible ways to resolve the crisis.

ArmInfo. The Public Relations and Information Center of the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia has published a report on the situation in the Armenian Apostolic Church and possible solutions.

The report, titled "On the Crisis that Has Arised in the Armenian Apostolic Church as a Result of the Activities of the De facto Leader of the Church and Several High-Ranking Clergy, and Ways to Resolve It," was prepared as part of the Armenian government's 2026-2031 program, upon the instruction of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The purpose of the document is to document, through a study of open sources, the circumstances that its authors characterize as a crisis in the Armenian Apostolic Church and to propose ways to overcome it.

The authors of the document emphasize that the report does not challenge the dogmatic foundations of the Church, Holy Scripture, or canonical order. According to their position, the document focuses on alleged violations of these principles. The report also states that Church reform should be carried out by the Church itself, with the participation of its hierarchy and faithful, while the state should act within the limits of its legislative powers.

According to the Center, information from open sources was used in preparing the document, and the information presented therein was compared with the provisions of the Charter of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Apostolic Canons, the Charter on the Convocation of the National Church Council of 1945, other canonical documents, and Armenian legislation. The authors of the report identify 16 circumstances that, in their assessment, indicate a crisis in the AAC. Among them, the document cites alleged violations of the vow of celibacy, the persecution and defrocking of clergy, financial opacity and misuse of church property, the ordination of relatives and "clan governance," the politicization of the Holy See and external influence, the prolonged hiatus of the National Church Council, the lack of a unified Church Constitution, and schisms within the dioceses of the Diaspora. The authors of the report propose a five-stage "roadmap" for overcoming the situation, which they characterize as a crisis.