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  "path": "/archive.php?article_id=3028",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-08T22:50:42.662Z",
  "site": "https://www.forum18.org",
  "textContent": "Officials have not responded to questions why Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly called for the removal of the head of the Armenian Church, Catholicos Karekin, despite the constitutionally-guaranteed autonomy of religious organisations. A bishop Karekin defrocked for backing Pashinyan's calls challenged his dismissal in court. When the Church ignored his court-ordered reinstatement, the Investigative Committee launched a criminal investigation into six bishops and a priest, banning them from leaving Armenia. The government has liquidated the state and church funded Shoghakat television channel and ended the Church-run military chaplaincy.",
  "title": "ARMENIA: Prime Minister seeks to change leadership of legally autonomous Armenian Church"
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