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Political statements against the Armenian Apostolic Church. A clash of geopolitical interests?
['Adam Reichardt']
New Eastern Europe
Political statements against the Armenian Apostolic Church.
While the region around Armenia has diverse religious affiliations, Armenia itself has a predominantly Christian population, with a large percentage adhering to the Armenian Apostolic Church.
It is noteworthy that the Armenian Apostolic Church in its entire history has never been a purely religious, or even a predominantly religious structure.
In essence, what today’s authorities are implementing as a policy towards the Armenian Apostolic Church is only part of larger geopolitical processes.
Policy towards the Armenian church today cannot be based only on abstract and formal legal principles: separation of church and state, “secular state”, etc.
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