Any attempts to resolve internal church issues through political  interference are unacceptable and dangerous - statement

ArmInfo.  Any attempts to resolve internal church issues through political interference,  regardless of the justification, are unacceptable and dangerous. This  is stated in a statement by a group of bishops supporting Catholicos  of All Armenians Garegin II. 

"We, the undersigned archbishops and bishops of the Armenian  Apostolic Church, express our filial and unconditional devotion to  the Mother See of Etchmiadzin and its popularly elected Catholicos of  All Armenians, Karekin II. We consider any attempt to resolve  internal church issues through political interference, regardless of  the justification, unacceptable and dangerous. All issues related to  the governance and internal life of the Church can be resolved with  fraternal love, with the high consciousness befitting apostolic  bishops, through competent ecclesiastical and congregational bodies,  in accordance with the current canonical procedures of our Holy  Church. We consider the arbitrary refusal to mention the name of the  Patriarch during the Liturgy unacceptable and reprehensible, as a  gross violation of ritual canons, which, from an ecclesiological  point of view, contains elements of division. We are confident that  the unity and peace of our Holy Church are above personal, group or  other interests and will be strengthened through communication, love,  truth and justice. We We are convinced that through the joint efforts  of our bishops we will find effective solutions for the benefit of  our Holy Church," the statement reads.

The document was signed by: Archbishop Khajak Parsamyan, Archbishop  Nathan Hovhannisyan, Archbishop Hakob Glinchyan, Archbishop Yezras  Nersisyan, Archbishop Vigen Haigazyan, Archbishop Haigazun Najarian,  Archbishop Mikael Ajapakhyan, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan,  Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, Bishop Vahan Hovhannisyan, Bishop  Hovakim Manukyan, Bishop Tatul Hakobyan, Bishop Ararat Galtaghchyan,  Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, Bishop Abgar Hovakimyan, Bishop Markos,  Hovhannisyan, Bishop Mushegh Babayan, Bishop Narek Berberyan, Bishop  Hovnan Hakobyan Bishop Daniel Findeghyan, Bishop Tiran Petrosyan,  Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Bishop Oshakan Kulkyulyan, Bishop Aren  Shahenyan, Bishop Grigor Khachatryan, Bishop Kirakos Davtyan, Bishop  Makar Hakobyan.