PoliticsArmenian Apostolic Church leader faces trial as feud with PM deepens

Catholicos Karekin II is facing trial as his feud with Armenia’s prime minister deepens. He and six other clerics are accused of failing to reinstate a bishop who had been defrocked. The case places the church leader at the centre of an escalating dispute with the government. The allegations concern the bishop’s reinstatement, rather than a broader charge described in the report.

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AAl Jazeera★★★☆☆2026-08-07 13:03Original