  Civil Contract MP: defrocked cleric will baptize my kids October 23, 2025 - 16:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Speaking from the National Assembly podium, Civil Contract faction MP Narek Grigoryan declared his support for Father Aram, now officially defrocked and known as Stepan Asatryan, Pastinfo reports. “I declare from here that I stand with Father Aram. I promise that when all this is over and the desecrators are expelled from the Church, I will bring my children and ask Father Aram to baptize them,” Grigoryan stated. On October 21, by order of the Catholicos of All Armenians, Father Aram Asatryan was defrocked and reclassified as a layperson. He has announced plans to celebrate Mass this Sunday at Hovhannavank, where Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said he will attend.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
