PRESS RELEASE
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address: Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact: Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
Tel: (374 10) 517 163
Fax: (374 10) 517 301
E-Mail: [email protected]
March 27, 2006
His Holiness Karekin II Defrocks Rev. Fr. Karekin Haroutiunian
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians, has issued a Pontifical Order whereby Rev. Fr. Karekin
Haroutiunian has been defrocked for uncanonical actions by violating
his oath of obedience.
As of January 31, 2006, the defrocked clergyman is a member of
the laity and shall be known by his baptismal name of Haroutiun
Haroutiunian.
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