Call for the Harshest Punishments Against 10 Bishops: Church Protection Council

On December 18, what took place at the Mother See was not merely an "ecclesiastical concern" but a failed attempt at a canonical coup and a blatant attack on the spiritual foundations of Armenian statehood. This statement was made by the All-Armenian Council for the Protection of the Armenian Church.

The Council demanded that Karekin II impose the harshest canonical punishments against the 10 bishops, including declaring them defrocked.

It should be recalled that yesterday, 10 bishops and archbishops convened in Etchmiadzin, where they presented a letter demanding the resignation of theCatholicos.