50 sects with 10 to 250 thousand members operating in Armenia
False friends of Armenian Apostolic Church are the ones who present most danger, Ter Shmavon Ghevondyan, St. Hovhannes Church priest stated.
As he told the news conference today, over 50 sects with 10 to 250 thousand members are operating in Armenia, all of them Protestant. "Armenia's legislation does not forbid activities of organizations presenting no threat to families or the state. Yet there's no sect that wouldn't destroy a family, and their true purpose has yet to be guessed," he noted.
"Armenian constitution forbids mass agitations, yet we often witness how sect members try to almost compulsively involve people, which is punishable by law. "People are free to choose their religion, yet they have to be provided objective information."
"Only Armenian Apostolic Church is called national, so let us not betray our national faith," Shmavon Hovhannes Ghevondyan concluded.
As he told the news conference today, over 50 sects with 10 to 250 thousand members are operating in Armenia, all of them Protestant. "Armenia's legislation does not forbid activities of organizations presenting no threat to families or the state. Yet there's no sect that wouldn't destroy a family, and their true purpose has yet to be guessed," he noted.
"Armenian constitution forbids mass agitations, yet we often witness how sect members try to almost compulsively involve people, which is punishable by law. "People are free to choose their religion, yet they have to be provided objective information."
"Only Armenian Apostolic Church is called national, so let us not betray our national faith," Shmavon Hovhannes Ghevondyan concluded.
