Armenian premier continues attacking Catholicos of All Armenians

ArmInfo.  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan continued his attacks on the Armenian Apostolic Church and its leader, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II.

On his Facebook page, the Prime Minister noted that the Mother See of  Holy Etchmiadzin must clearly explain whether Garegin II has broken  his vow of celibacy and whether he has a child.

"This issue must be clarified urgently," the head of government  noted.

Recall that on May 29, at a government meeting, Pashinyan said that  Armenian churches resemble "closets filled with junk." The next day,  he published a harsh post on social networks, in which he used coarse  language against the hierarchs of the AAC and accused one of the  archbishops of sexual promiscuity. At the same time, the Prime  Minister demanded that all priests who violated their vow of celibacy  be defrocked. Similar attacks were made by the Prime Minister's wife  Anna Hakobyan, who called the Patriarch "the main mafioso" and those  who criticized the "silencing" of churches - "the main pedophiles of  the country." These statements provoked a sharp reaction from the  clergy.

Amid the scandal, the Prime Minister proposed changing the procedure  for electing the head of the AAC so that the state would have a  decisive vote in the elections, and candidates would undergo an  ethics check.