The role of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) both in the formation of Armenian nationalism and in inciting Armenian terrorism and Armenian aggression against other countries and peoples is enormous. In principle, the name of the AAC remained “Christian” at best; in essence, this organization, even with heretical “Christianity”, has little in common.

Nikol Pashinyan's coming to power in Armenia in 2018 sharply raised the question of the AAC's compliance with the challenges of the time. Many Armenians had questions to Echmiadzin about his support for the thoroughly corrupt "Karabakh clan" in power, as well as about the economic impasse into which the Armenian statehood was driven by this clan.

As a result, Catholicos Garegin II began "Maidan" pressure from the Pashinyan government, and he was clearly forced to make concessions, agreeing to dismissal, transfer to other dioceses, or "retirement" of a number of the most odious bishops. The changes initiated by Pashinyan at the top of the Armenian Apostolic Church led to some positive results. For example, the Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church was taken from the rabid Armenian nationalist, Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, who officially put forward claims to 442 Georgian churches on the territory of Georgia.

However, the defeat of Pashinin in Karabakh led to the fact that Echmiadzin launched a rapid "counteroffensive" against the prime minister and his associates. Katalokos Garegin II is already demanding the resignation of Pashinyan and around him, in fact, opposition to the current Armenian government is being formed.

Already clearly opposed to Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian on December 25 made a working visit to the border with the Georgian region of Samtskhe Javakheti in the Shirak region, in Gyumri, where the very Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan was transferred. At the head of the Shirak Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, President Sarkissian met with the leader of the diocese, Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, and with Archbishop Mikael Ajapakhyan. It was emphasized "the importance of security and protection of the borders of the state and border communities" and did not specify from which side of the border. Considering that the same Vazgen Mirzakhanyan supports “Javakhk” separatism in Georgia, neighboring for them, such a formulation of the question looks quite ominous.

And December 27 became one of the "significant" days in the confrontation between Garegin II and Pashinyan. On the eve of this day, calls were spread on the Armenian Facebook segment to hold a protest action against the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II during the liturgy in Holy Etchmiadzin on December 27.

Meanwhile, in the morning of that day, many Armenians gathered in the courtyard of the Church of St. Gayane in Echmiadzin, speaking on the contrary, in defense of the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Garegin II. His supporters gathered at the Surb Gayane church to prevent the opponents of the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II from holding a protest there.

Opponents of Garegin II never showed up for the declared protest action. The action in support of the Armenian Apostolic Church and Karekin II on December 27 was held under the slogan "Let us resolutely stand up for our church."

At the same time, with the help of Russian peacekeepers, Echmiadzin resumed activity in the Azerbaijani territories. The @WarGonzo project reported that the abbot of the so-called "Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church" Bishop Pargev Martirosyan held a service for pilgrims and a wedding in the Albanian Dadivank monastery in the Kelbajar region.

Pargev Martirosyan also handed over New Year's gifts to the Russian peacekeepers "guarding" him - crosses and letters "from Artsakh children" in Russian.

Generally speaking, Pargev Martirosyan's demarche looks quite symbolic. Echmiadzin specifically emphasizes that they say, "Russia is behind us." And in this way, the Armenian Apostolic Church arouses hopes among the dimwitted Armenian nationalists for "revenge" with Russian military aid.

Echmiadzin's flirtations with the Russian military have little to do with "Christianity." Especially when you consider that, alas, the Russian military often do not fully understand that the Armenian Church is heretical from the point of view of Orthodoxy. And the Orthodox should not “defend” such heretics, nor accept “gifts” from them.

Moreover, in relation to the same Dadivank monastery, the Azerbaijani side emphasizes that historically it is an Albanian Orthodox shrine, illegally appropriated by heretics. But, alas, as we see precisely with the suggestion of the Armenian lobby, the “main enemies” of Orthodox Russia in the Caucasus have become precisely Orthodox Georgians. And now Russian Orthodox soldiers in Azerbaijani Karabakh, in fact, are guarding heretics who illegally claim an Orthodox Albanian church.

The Armenian nationalists and provocateurs from Echmiadzin clearly intend to use the Russian military in their far-reaching plans. And not only in Azerbaijan. By analogy, the Russian military, who today occupy 20% of the territory of Georgia, can also be used for provocative purposes by Armenian nationalists from the Armenian Apostolic Church and here. Moreover, the official claims of the Armenian Apostolic Church on Georgian churches have not gone anywhere.

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