CATHOLICOS KAREKIN II ALLEGES ‘PERSECUTION AND REPRESSION’ OF ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH
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12.06.2026


Church Times (12 June 2026)

Jonathan Luxmoore

 

Tensions renewed with the country’s Prime Minister after election landslide

“I made my choice, praying that God will keep the Armenian state unshaken,” Catholicos Karekin II said after voting in Sunday’s nationwide ballot. “I also voted so that God’s love and mercy may be with us, building a strong, secure, and prosperous country.”

Pashinyan’s Civic Contract Party won almost 50 per cent of the votes, far ahead of its three main opposition rivals, which won 37 per cent between them.

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