The spiritual pastor of St. Sarkis Church in Varna, Priest Father Armen Melkonyan, has been fighting against Garegin II for about 20 years, according to him, the brave Nersisyan, because, according to him, the very mission of the Armenian church has been undermined and distorted.:
He talks about this via video link in an interview with the newspaper “Haykakan Zhamanak:
As for the ordination of the spiritual pastor of Hovhannavank, Priest Aram Asatryan, the latter notes: It is a misconception that if a priest has been excommunicated, he cannot perform any ceremony.:
According to him, there is no concept of “deprivation of anointing” in the Christian Church. “When you say sanctification, it is not sanctification, you accept the human order, but not sanctification, because it is indelible.”:
Priest Armen Melkonyan believes that they should obey the orders of Gevorg (Mikael) Ajapakhyan, since he called on people to stand up to the authorities, as well as the orders of Vazgen (Bagrat) Galstyan, since he left the church mission and went into politics.:
“But these rules don’t apply in the church. Our clergy, from Deacons to bishops, are slaves in the hands of the daredevil Nersisyan,” he says.:
Referring to the intimate videos distributed on the Internet regarding the head of diplomacy of the Mother See, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, the priest says that in any case, they say that this was done with the help of artificial intelligence.:
They probably think that the monk does not have a mistress, it’s good that he has a wife and children, and he left the family at the request of the brave man Nersisyan, “our clergy has moved on to the shame committed by the sheikhs of Islam,” he emphasizes:
According to the priest, Garegin II once took off his shoes in front of the clergy and boasted that they cost $4,000.:
As for the claims of some clergymen that even if Garegin II is arrested, in this case he will lead the church from the basement of the National Security Council, the interlocutor remarks: “What besides padval could he have done that padval should have done?”:
The latter expresses the hope that one morning he will wake up and see that Garegin II has packed his bags and left.:
More details in the interview:
