Assembly of AAC Bishops to be held in St. Polten, Austria, Feb 16-19

ArmInfoThe Assembly of Bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) will be held February 16-19 in the Austrian city of St. Polten. It will be convened at the invitation of His Holiness Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.

As Priest Yesayi Artenyan, Director of the Information System of the  Mother See of Etchmiadzin, told Armenian media, any council body of  the AAC, with the exception of the National Church Assembly, can  convene its meetings anywhere. He added that there have been similar  precedents. "Based on the above, at the invitation of His Holiness  Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, the Assembly of Bishops will  be held February 16-19 in the Austrian city of St. Polten," Artenyan  stated. 

The bishops' meeting was scheduled to take place in early December  2025 in the Mother See of Etchmiadzin, but it was postponed  indefinitely due to concerns that Armenian authorities would arrest  some clergy as part of the anti-church campaign initiated by current  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.  Pashinyan aims to remove the  Catholicos and subordinate the Church to the state.