Armenia`s Prime Minister  does not think that a campaign against the  AAC has been launched on his own initiative

ArmInfo.  Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan does not think that a campaign against the Armenian Apostolic Church has been launched on his own  initiative.

Speaking at a press conference in Yerevan on July 16, Pashinyan noted  that he cannot  campaign against the church, since no one can defend  something that does not exist in reality and cannot take place. The  Prime Minister emphasized that for him and his family, the Armenian  Apostolic Church is sacred, against which it is impossible to launch  a campaign. "Everything we do is being done in the name of the  church, because otherwise we would have shown complete indifference  to the destructive processes that are taking place in the AAC,  especially in the conditions in which the activities of some  representatives of the clergy directly harm the church itself," the  head of government said. He added that as a follower of the AAC, he  is in favor of "renovating" it. 

Pashinyan expressed confidence that this stance is shared by  thousands of people, including the entire army of followers of the  Armenian Church, who cannot help but see the downfall of the church.  Specifically, as the head of state noted, some priests from the  hierarchs of the AAC made statements like "What are you talking  about.  Who can live without a woman for one month". "And this means  that those who break the vow of celibacy, do not observe fasts on  major holidays. I have not curse and do not curse them, I just  announced the beginning of the process of freeing the Patriarchate  from such clergy," the RA Prime Minister said.