YA reshitel’no osuzhdayu kampaniyu protiv Prestola, organizovannuyu pri podderzhke vlastey i s uchastiyem 8 yepiskopov. Zayavleniye yepiskopa Mkrticha iz tyur’my YA reshitel’no i bezogovorochno osuzhdayu pozornuyu i svyatotatstvennuyu kampaniyu, organizovannuyu 18 dekabrya pri podderzhke vlastey i s uchastiyem vos’mi yepiskopov protiv Prestola Armyanskoy Tserkvi Svyatogo Echmiadzina. Ob etom govoritsya v zayavlenii yepiskopa Mkrticha, sdelannom iz tyur’my. «Proizoshedsheye — eto ne prosto raznoglasiye ili vnutritserkovnyy konflikt; eto byl soznatel’nyy udar po b’yushchemusya serdtsu nashey mnogovekovoy dukhovnoy identichnosti, popytka podorvat’ fundament, na kotorom vekami stoyal armyanskiy narod. Svyashchennyy Echmiadzinskiy Prestol — eto ne prosto kamennoye sooruzheniye, dukhovnyy i administrativnyy tsentr; eto zhivaya skala nashey very, os’ nashey dukhovnoy identichnosti, svyatilishche, vokrug kotorogo armyanskiy narod, ob”yedinennyy vekami, protivostoyal nasiliyu, inostrannomu ugneteniyu i sokrushitel’nym ispytaniyam. Podnyat’ ruku protiv etoy svyatosti — eto ne smelost’, a dukhovnoye samoubiystvo. Deystviya etoy predatel’skoy i vlastolyubivoy gruppy tochno opisany v sleduyushchikh osuzhdayushchikh slovakh proroka Iyeremii: «Gore tomu, kto stroit dom svoy ne po pravde, i po gornitsam svoim ne po nepravde» (Iyeremiya 22:13). Lyuboy shag, osnovannyy na nepravde, obrechen na krakh, i te, kto vybirayet etot put’, obrecheny na istoricheskiy pozor. Eti lyudi zabyli ili namerenno popirayut tot fakt, chto oni ne ulichnyye aktivisty i ne pravitel’stvennyye prispeshniki, a svyashchennosluzhiteli, prisyagnuvshiye na vernost’ Svyatoy Skinii Bozhiyey, ch’ye prizvaniye – sokhranyat’ yedinstvo Tserkvi, a ne razdelyat’ yeye. Slova proroka Isaii segodnya zvuchat dlya nikh kak prigovor: «Gore tem, kto nazyvayet zlo dobrom, a dobro zlom, kto svet prinimayet za t’mu, a t’mu za svet» (Isaiya 5:20). 18 dekabrya vy vybrali imenno etot put’, nazyvaya t’mu svetom, myatezh – blagochestiyem, a vernost’ – prestupleniyem. Svoim izvrashchennym, antikanonicheskim, bezzakonnym i avantyurnym povedeniyem vy vvodite v zabluzhdeniye veruyushchikh, soznatel’no sluzha silam, kotoryye vsegda stremilis’ razrushit’ Armyanskuyu Tserkov’ iznutri. S blagodarnost’yu i podderzhkoy ya teplo privetstvuyu palomnicheskuyu obshchinu Svyatogo Prestola Echmiadzina, veruyushchikh. «Yepiskopy i protoiyereya, dukhovenstvo, diakony i nashi vernyye lyudi, kotoryye ne ostavili Mat’-Tserkov’ v eti trudnyye dni. Ob”yedinite usiliya so Svyatym Echmiadzinom, podderzhite yego zakonnogo, pomazannogo i izbrannogo na natsional’nom urovne Patriarkha. Istoriya zafiksiruyet, kto stoyal za svyatost’, a kto protiv svyatosti», — govoritsya v zayavlenii. Ещё 2 527 I strongly condemn the campaign against the See, organized with the support of the authorities and involving eight bishops. Statement by Bishop Mkrtich from prison

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I strongly and unequivocally condemn the shameful and sacrilegious campaign organized on December 18, with the support of the authorities and the participation of eight bishops, against the See of the Armenian Church of Holy Etchmiadzin. This is stated in a statement by Bishop Mkrtich, made from prison.

“What happened was not simply a disagreement or an internal church conflict; it was a deliberate blow to the beating heart of our centuries-old spiritual identity, an attempt to undermine the foundation on which the Armenian people have stood for centuries.

The Holy See of Etchmiadzin is not simply a stone structure, a spiritual and administrative center; This is the living rock of our faith, the axis of our spiritual identity, the sanctuary around which the Armenian people, united for centuries, have resisted violence, foreign oppression, and crushing trials. Raising a hand against this sanctity is not courage, but spiritual suicide.

The actions of this treacherous and power-hungry group are accurately described in the condemning words of the prophet Jeremiah: “Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness, and his upper chambers without iniquity” (Jeremiah 22:13).

Any step based on iniquity is doomed to failure, and those who choose this path are doomed to historical shame. These people have forgotten or deliberately flouted the fact that they are not street activists or government stooges, but clergymen sworn to allegiance to the Holy Tabernacle of God, whose calling is to preserve the unity of the Church, not to divide it.

The words of the Prophet Isaiah ring like a death sentence for them today: “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who take light for darkness, and darkness for light” (Isaiah 5:20). On December 18, you chose precisely this path, calling darkness light, rebellion piety, and loyalty crime. With your perverse, anti-canonical, lawless, and adventurous behavior, you mislead the faithful, knowingly serving forces that have always sought to destroy the Armenian Church from within.

With gratitude and support, I warmly greet the pilgrimage community of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin and the faithful. “Bishops and archpriests, clergy, deacons, and our faithful who have not abandoned the Mother Church in these difficult days. Join forces with Holy Etchmiadzin, support its legitimate, anointed, and nationally elected Patriarch. History will record who stood for holiness and who stood against it,” the statement reads.

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