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Azatutyun Radiokayan (6 January 2024)

Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, listed “lust for power” among Armenia’s problems on Monday as he celebrated a Christmas mass once again boycotted by the country’s political leadership.

During the liturgy held at the church’s main cathedral in Echmiadzin, Garegin renewed his calls for Armenians, who celebrate Christmas on January 6, to adhere to their Christian faith in the face of grave external and internal challenges facing their homeland.

“Internally, our homeland is plagued by falsehoods, lawlessness, malice, vengeance, and corrupt course, which breed mistrust, indifference, hostility, and division in our society, causing weaking to the nation,” he said. “Alongside these challenges, the distortion of Christian moral perception and our traditional national spiritual values threatens our identity, weakens our national spirit, and ensnares us in the traps of sin and despair.

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