
Former Armenian Ambassador to the Holy See Mikael Minasyan touched upon the events taking place around the church.
“Historically, two groups have been fighting against the church.
- Churchmen and those who know the essence of the system, the past and the history of the institution as a whole, as well as 1. those who declare war on the church from the outside, not understanding what it is, not knowing the history and not understanding what the structure of faith is.
In this war, the former have a chance to win, while the latter are doomed to defeat, because they do not realize and do not know that it is impossible to defeat the spiritual architecture and the “astral Constitution”, the victory of which lies in defeat. It is difficult to defeat a structure whose content of existence consists in self-sacrifice, self-sacrifice, and suffering hardships.
If we ignore the obvious geopolitical elements of what is happening around the Armenian Apostolic Church, then the local goal of the Armenian authorities to subjugate the church is a fanatical desire to change history. Every revolution is a change in the narrative of history that continues until a counter-revolution or a larger revolution occurs, or ends due to the indifference or fatigue of the people.
The first attack on the Armenian Apostolic Church took place from the very beginning of the victory of the revolution. The New Armenia, New Patriarch movement, which began in 2018, was led by several high-ranking churchmen with the support of revolutionaries. It was not completed for two reasons.
- The leadership of the church turned out to be more flexible, began a dialogue with the authorities, accepting the revolution, and 1. The bishops who led this movement were not hopeless scum (kchoyan & co was not among them). The rebels of that time chose history in power and in history. Today’s “kchoyans” chose not power, but power.
In 2018, it was just an attack. The real attempt to seize the church by the authorities has just begun. There are 2 reasons for this. The first is geopolitical, the second is historical. Nikol Pashinyan knows. The church is essentially a historian and author of history. And if the revolution cannot change the facts, it must change history.
After 2021, by the decision of the people, Nikol Pashinyan retained power and subordinated all institutions. And it seemed that everything was going according to a predictable course, but the church disrupted Nikol Pashinyan’s plans. After the surrender of Artsakh, he decided to silence everyone, ignoring Artsakh, the prisoners, and the defeat.
Meanwhile, the Church and Her Holiness have become the only pan-Armenian institution that has raised these issues both domestically and abroad. And Nikol Pashinyan understood. Since the church cannot be silenced, it must be changed. After all, Nikol Pashinyan’s examples of the “unfairly accused” king, the Pope, from 2018 were just about that. the “wrong ” church history.
Nikol Pashinyan understood. He has already been declared guilty and a traitor. There is a social consensus and order in this, and the church will do this by subtracting people. Why the Church, because it is one of its historical missions? Nikol Pashinyan is suffocating from this prospect. Moreover, he found himself in the purgatory of history when he realized that the problem was both in his past and in his future. And he makes even more mistakes. The mistake he made today adds to the burden of the sins he committed in the past and makes the future that awaits him even more hopeless.
Meanwhile, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II is experiencing perhaps the happiest period of his life. A man who was considered close to power, called a courtier, is now becoming a historical figure who opposes persecution by the authorities. All the earthly mistakes and sins of Garegin II are obscured under the guise of a historical mission after each blow of power. The harder Garegu 2 gets hit, the more he will shine in history. Because between His Holiness and Nikol Pashinyan, the people have already chosen who is the traitor. The traitor who the devil came out. The proof is his movement against the Church, even for non-believers.
This is well understood by clergymen who go through pressure and deprivation. everyone understands how history will remember the prisoners, big and small Kchoyan. The deprivations of His Holiness Arshak and other arrested bishops and the struggle against them introduce these clergymen into history, and into the right side of history.
Now it doesn’t matter who ran which foundation, who rejected or supported whom, because earthly sins amount to historical betrayal. If His Holiness Arshak is found hanged in the basement of the National Security Council tomorrow (forgive me, Holiness, for the example), this will be the best gift to both the church and His Holiness Arshak, whom the people will quickly consecrate and receive the first martyr of their conscience of the 21st century.
.. Power is an interesting disease. You don’t feel time is at your mercy. It happens quickly and feels like an eternity. And no matter how many reports or comments you read on social media, you still don’t feel reality. And willy-nilly, you lose touch with people.
I am sure that the “proofreaders” of the story have not yet realized what is most painful for them. the people have really decided who is the traitor and guilty, even for the expected sins. And he will not forgive them for their wrong choice. He doesn’t forgive his disappointment. And he turned on the meat grinder that will consume Nikol Pashinyan and the Nikolovites. Every day that has passed increases Nikol Pashinyan’s sins and the anger of the people.
The situation is very simple. The people left the “Karabakh clan” in the past, and Nikol Pashinyan left Artsakh. The people won and sent Serzh Sargsyan home, and with the hands of Nikol Pashinyan, they tore out the rubbish from Robert Kocharyan’s hut, put him in prison, and then zeroed out, defeated all the “demons” (another thing is that it turned out that most of the “demons” were soft toys), Azerbaijan does not attack, friendship has begun with Turkey, money that is, Russia did not punish, and Iran turned out to be useless.
But happiness did not come. Therefore, there must be someone who is responsible for the inexhaustible problems of the country. from the fall of democracy to the abolition of justice, from the huge national debt to the surrender of Artsakh, from the forgotten prisoners in Baku to the 44-day treacherous war, from a divided nation to an attacked church. Nikol Pashinyan is the embodiment of these problems.
But so far, people have not directly blamed Nikol Pashinyan for these problems, since he is a co-owner and corresponds to this. In the end, he chose it himself. And Nikol Pashinyan and the opposition remind him of this choice every day. For this reason, dissatisfaction with Nikol Pashinyan is expressed in facts or legends about money and corruption, which are given undue weight if the bloody and historical sins of Nikol Pashinyan are put on the scales.
A striking example of this is Anna Hakobyan, whose hatred was once equal to tolerance for Nikol Pashinyan. And reality is not important here. Anna Hakobyan has become the “ICON” of our time…and if earlier the people used the Soros system to distribute “… icons” among several people, today the people who once proclaimed Anna Hakobyan the queen of Armenia have equated them with historical figures from Messalina to Imelda Marcos. It doesn’t matter what Anna Hakobyan did or what belongs to her. All this is a consequence of hatred in the form of folklore. And there is no antidote to this.
But it’s not just rumors that cause problems. All of Nikol Pashinyan’s decisions and steps have also lost their meaning. A new reform, asphalt, a lighted street or an increase in pensions are perceived as a common phenomenon, not noticed, not appreciated. Every sentence that used to elicit humor or admiration now provokes ridicule or generates new hatred.
As for the change of Catholicos, there is no good way out for Nikol Pashinyan here either. First of all, revolutionary methods don’t work. Agree, if there were 20,000 people with him, from Los Angeles to Krasnodar, people would have stirred up social networks, the whole of Etchmiadzin would have been covered with black Garegin 74 ribbons, the Armenians of America in Glendale would have staged a rally in front of the church and shouted “Murderer”, the priests themselves would have gone to His Holiness, asking accept the will of the people.
This is exactly what Nikol Pashinyan was leading to when he started this movement. That’s what I’m saying, that you don’t notice the reality of power. Nikol Pashinyan did not realize that he had no people. No, even if he wins all the elections, starting today and for twenty years.
Because the people have made their most important choice. he appointed another and the biggest culprit of his misfortune. Why is it the biggest? because this is the first one they “chose”. The rest were “designated” or treated as “invaders.”
And at the end of this movement….damn the new Catholicos, if, of course, Nikol Pashinyan manages to change. And will Garegin II be canonized or cursed if he accepts Nikol Pashinyan’s “religion”?
People are watching all this closely. And he’s looking for the traitor’s accomplices. After all, the people cannot be to blame,” Minasyan wrote.



Former Armenian Ambassador to the Holy See Mikael Minasyan touched upon the events taking place around the church.
“Historically, two groups have been fighting against the church.
- Churchmen and those who know the essence of the system, the past and the history of the institution as a whole, as well as 1. those who declare war on the church from the outside, not understanding what it is, not knowing the history and not understanding what the structure of faith is.
In this war, the former have a chance to win, while the latter are doomed to defeat, because they do not realize and do not know that it is impossible to defeat the spiritual architecture and the “astral Constitution”, the victory of which lies in defeat. It is difficult to defeat a structure whose content of existence consists in self-sacrifice, self-sacrifice, and suffering hardships.
If we ignore the obvious geopolitical elements of what is happening around the Armenian Apostolic Church, then the local goal of the Armenian authorities to subjugate the church is a fanatical desire to change history. Every revolution is a change in the narrative of history that continues until a counter-revolution or a larger revolution occurs, or ends due to the indifference or fatigue of the people.
The first attack on the Armenian Apostolic Church took place from the very beginning of the victory of the revolution. The New Armenia, New Patriarch movement, which began in 2018, was led by several high-ranking churchmen with the support of revolutionaries. It was not completed for two reasons.
- The leadership of the church turned out to be more flexible, began a dialogue with the authorities, accepting the revolution, and 1. The bishops who led this movement were not hopeless scum (kchoyan & co was not among them). The rebels of that time chose history in power and in history. Today’s “kchoyans” chose not power, but power.
In 2018, it was just an attack. The real attempt to seize the church by the authorities has just begun. There are 2 reasons for this. The first is geopolitical, the second is historical. Nikol Pashinyan knows. The church is essentially a historian and author of history. And if the revolution cannot change the facts, it must change history.
After 2021, by the decision of the people, Nikol Pashinyan retained power and subordinated all institutions. And it seemed that everything was going according to a predictable course, but the church disrupted Nikol Pashinyan’s plans. After the surrender of Artsakh, he decided to silence everyone, ignoring Artsakh, the prisoners, and the defeat.
Meanwhile, the Church and Her Holiness have become the only pan-Armenian institution that has raised these issues both domestically and abroad. And Nikol Pashinyan understood. Since the church cannot be silenced, it must be changed. After all, Nikol Pashinyan’s examples of the “unfairly accused” king, the Pope, from 2018 were just about that. the “wrong ” church history.
Nikol Pashinyan understood. He has already been declared guilty and a traitor. There is a social consensus and order in this, and the church will do this by subtracting people. Why the Church, because it is one of its historical missions? Nikol Pashinyan is suffocating from this prospect. Moreover, he found himself in the purgatory of history when he realized that the problem was both in his past and in his future. And he makes even more mistakes. The mistake he made today adds to the burden of the sins he committed in the past and makes the future that awaits him even more hopeless.
Meanwhile, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II is experiencing perhaps the happiest period of his life. A man who was considered close to power, called a courtier, is now becoming a historical figure who opposes persecution by the authorities. All the earthly mistakes and sins of Garegin II are obscured under the guise of a historical mission after each blow of power. The harder Garegu 2 gets hit, the more he will shine in history. Because between His Holiness and Nikol Pashinyan, the people have already chosen who is the traitor. The traitor who the devil came out. The proof is his movement against the Church, even for non-believers.
This is well understood by clergymen who go through pressure and deprivation. everyone understands how history will remember the prisoners, big and small Kchoyan. The deprivations of His Holiness Arshak and other arrested bishops and the struggle against them introduce these clergymen into history, and into the right side of history.
Now it doesn’t matter who ran which foundation, who rejected or supported whom, because earthly sins amount to historical betrayal. If His Holiness Arshak is found hanged in the basement of the National Security Council tomorrow (forgive me, Holiness, for the example), this will be the best gift to both the church and His Holiness Arshak, whom the people will quickly consecrate and receive the first martyr of their conscience of the 21st century.
.. Power is an interesting disease. You don’t feel time is at your mercy. It happens quickly and feels like an eternity. And no matter how many reports or comments you read on social media, you still don’t feel reality. And willy-nilly, you lose touch with people.
I am sure that the “proofreaders” of the story have not yet realized what is most painful for them. the people have really decided who is the traitor and guilty, even for the expected sins. And he will not forgive them for their wrong choice. He doesn’t forgive his disappointment. And he turned on the meat grinder that will consume Nikol Pashinyan and the Nikolovites. Every day that has passed increases Nikol Pashinyan’s sins and the anger of the people.
The situation is very simple. The people left the “Karabakh clan” in the past, and Nikol Pashinyan left Artsakh. The people won and sent Serzh Sargsyan home, and with the hands of Nikol Pashinyan, they tore out the rubbish from Robert Kocharyan’s hut, put him in prison, and then zeroed out, defeated all the “demons” (another thing is that it turned out that most of the “demons” were soft toys), Azerbaijan does not attack, friendship has begun with Turkey, money that is, Russia did not punish, and Iran turned out to be useless.
But happiness did not come. Therefore, there must be someone who is responsible for the inexhaustible problems of the country. from the fall of democracy to the abolition of justice, from the huge national debt to the surrender of Artsakh, from the forgotten prisoners in Baku to the 44-day treacherous war, from a divided nation to an attacked church. Nikol Pashinyan is the embodiment of these problems.
But so far, people have not directly blamed Nikol Pashinyan for these problems, since he is a co-owner and corresponds to this. In the end, he chose it himself. And Nikol Pashinyan and the opposition remind him of this choice every day. For this reason, dissatisfaction with Nikol Pashinyan is expressed in facts or legends about money and corruption, which are given undue weight if the bloody and historical sins of Nikol Pashinyan are put on the scales.
A striking example of this is Anna Hakobyan, whose hatred was once equal to tolerance for Nikol Pashinyan. And reality is not important here. Anna Hakobyan has become the “ICON” of our time…and if earlier the people used the Soros system to distribute “… icons” among several people, today the people who once proclaimed Anna Hakobyan the queen of Armenia have equated them with historical figures from Messalina to Imelda Marcos. It doesn’t matter what Anna Hakobyan did or what belongs to her. All this is a consequence of hatred in the form of folklore. And there is no antidote to this.
But it’s not just rumors that cause problems. All of Nikol Pashinyan’s decisions and steps have also lost their meaning. A new reform, asphalt, a lighted street or an increase in pensions are perceived as a common phenomenon, not noticed, not appreciated. Every sentence that used to elicit humor or admiration now provokes ridicule or generates new hatred.
As for the change of Catholicos, there is no good way out for Nikol Pashinyan here either. First of all, revolutionary methods don’t work. Agree, if there were 20,000 people with him, from Los Angeles to Krasnodar, people would have stirred up social networks, the whole of Etchmiadzin would have been covered with black Garegin 74 ribbons, the Armenians of America in Glendale would have staged a rally in front of the church and shouted “Murderer”, the priests themselves would have gone to His Holiness, asking accept the will of the people.
This is exactly what Nikol Pashinyan was leading to when he started this movement. That’s what I’m saying, that you don’t notice the reality of power. Nikol Pashinyan did not realize that he had no people. No, even if he wins all the elections, starting today and for twenty years.
Because the people have made their most important choice. he appointed another and the biggest culprit of his misfortune. Why is it the biggest? because this is the first one they “chose”. The rest were “designated” or treated as “invaders.”
And at the end of this movement….damn the new Catholicos, if, of course, Nikol Pashinyan manages to change. And will Garegin II be canonized or cursed if he accepts Nikol Pashinyan’s “religion”?
People are watching all this closely. And he’s looking for the traitor’s accomplices. After all, the people cannot be to blame,” Minasyan wrote.