Bishops` meeting postponed - Mother See

ArmInfo.  The Mother See of Etchmiadzin announced the indefinite postponement of the Episcopal Assembly scheduled for December 10-12.

"Considering the current situation in Armenia, in particular the  repression against the clergy, including arrests, and in response to  the request of the bishops, the convening of the Episcopal Assembly  under the leadership of the Catholicos of All Armenians is  temporarily postponed," the press office of the Mother See of  Etchmiadzin stated in a statement.

The assembly was convened amid an anti-church campaign waged by the  Armenian authorities and the arrest of several clergy members.

On December 6, hundreds of citizens went to Zvartnots Airport to  greet Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, who was returning from  Marseille. Believers feared that the Armenian authorities, as part of  their ongoing anti-church campaign, would attempt to arrest the  Catholicos.