The Church Can Be United with the Party, Naming It the Armenian Revolutionary Church: Arsen Torosyan

The Church can be united with the party, and it can be named the Armenian Apostolic Party or the Armenian Revolutionary Church.

Arsen Torosyan, a member of the National Assembly from the Civil Contract faction, wrote on his Facebook page: "Yesterday, the members of the party were tearing their chests in the Assembly during the discussions on the budget execution, trying to defend the Church.

Of course, that scene alone was already interesting, as the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and the Armenian Apostolic Church have traditionally been rivals, especially in establishing their influence in the diaspora, and now, due to their thirst for power, they seem to be flowing in the same river.

Not long ago, I mentioned that the genre's rules require Galstanyan to swear on a Mauser and become a sworn ARF member, but it seems that the drinks have become sweeter, making it possible to hold two major assemblies at once and unite the Armenian Apostolic Church with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, naming it the Armenian Apostolic Federation or the Armenian Revolutionary Church.

Anyway, I wanted to address something else; when yesterday my colleagues announced in response to the ARF members' attempts to defend the Church that the Church and personally the Catholicos are leading a political movement, the ARF members started shouting that there is no such thing and that it should be proven.

Yet, there is no doubt that this is indeed the case. Galstanyan insists that he must consult with the Catholicos and his other former or current (which no one quite understands) church counterparts when making numerous moves. The Church makes statements in support of this so-called "Holy" movement.

Various religious themes from Armenia and abroad are making announcements supporting Galstanyan's actions. If the Church were not leading this movement, it would not take a day after its launch for Galstanyan to be declared defrocked and expelled from the Church's ranks. But we see the opposite.

This is nothing more than a struggle of the Church against the Republic of Armenia, which aspires to sovereignty.