Prosecutor`s Office launched a criminal case against the head of the  Shirak Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church

ArmInfo. A criminal case has been launched in connection with Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan's recent   statements  about an alleged <military coup in the country>. As 24News was told in the Prosecutor General's Office, the proceedings were launched on June 17, 2025.

<A criminal case has been launched under Part 2 of Article 422 of the  Criminal Code, which involves public calls for the seizure of power,  violation of territorial integrity, renunciation of sovereignty or  violent overthrow of the constitutional order>, the structure  reported.

24News contacted Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan, the head of the Shirak  Diocese,  who stated that he was not aware of the criminal case.   <What do you want now, do you want  me to be arrested? I have no  comment. I am not aware, I wasn't asked to come to the investigative  body>, he said.