Court to meet on Sacred Movement members case on Aug. 19

ArmInfo.  Judge Karen Farkhoyan of the Yerevan City Criminal Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction has accepted the criminal case against Archbishop Bagrat  Galstanyan and other persons. The first court hearing is scheduled  for 16:00 on August 19. This is reported on the portal of the  information system datalex.am.

The court hearing will be held at the residence of the  Criminal Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan,  in courtroom No. 5.

As stated in the summary of the indictment, Vazgen Petrosovich  Galstanyan (the secular name of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan - ed.)  is charged with the fact that during several months of the  implementation of the movement initiated and led by  him, he was unable to achieve the goal he set for the movement -  coming to power in the Republic of Armenia by means permitted by the  Constitution of the Republic of Armenia. Since November 2024, he has  begun to achieve it in a manner not permitted by the Constitution of  the Republic of Armenia, and to achieve this goal, a number of  movement participants, including Movses Sharbatyan, Hayk  Shahnazaryan, Tigran Topalyan, Lidiya Mantashyan, Hrayr Hakobyan,  Karo Okumushyan, Artur Sargsyan, Igor Sargsyan, Ara Rostomyan, Arsen  Ghazaryan, Arman Israelyan, Aghvan Arshakyan, Armen Aleksanyan,  Migran Makhsudyan, David Galstyan and others, as part of a group, by  prior conspiracy, acquired the necessary means and tools to commit a  terrorist act and seize power, and also deliberately created other  conditions, thereby preparing for the usurpation of power.

Archbishop Bagrat Galstyan was arrested on June 25, after large-scale  searches.