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Lawmaker proposes to defrock Archbishop Aram Ateşyan (video)

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“The immoral letter addressed by Archbishop Aram Ateşyan to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is unprecedented disgrace in the history of Armenia. This is treason a national and state level by a priest which has not happened in our history,” Naira Zohrabyan, head of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) faction, said in the National Assembly on June 8. “We expect the Armenian Catholicos to defrock Archbishop Ateşyan for sending such an immoral letter to Erdoğan. This is a shame for all of us and we should draw corresponding conclusions," she said. “Mr Minasyan, the question was not addressed to you,” Vice-Speaker of the Armenian national Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov said addressing Gagik Minasyan who had taken the floor for a speech. Anyway, Minasyan decided to respond by saying, “I am categorically against when we deviate from the subject of discussion but I think that the National Assembly should not interfere in spiritual matters. We need to understand the difficult situation in which our community lives in Turkey.”