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Recently the role of church and its activities have been actively discussed on Facebook. Thus, the speech made by Gegharkounik eparchy head, where he approved Teghout development mine project and consecrates the mine and the state of a black calf can be found on Facebook: target="_blank"> Afterwards Geoteam Company, which intends to develop Amulsar gold mine, invited the head of Jermuk church for the opening of Arts School in Jermuk. As it’s said in Jermuk this school is the fee for keeping silence about Amulsar. It’s noteworthy that Jermuk was not included as project affected community, no public hearings were held and a question arose, why Geoteam implements its social programs in a community, which is not included in its zone of interests.
In this regard citizens Mariam Sukhudyan, Ani Khachatryan, Arsen Ohanyan and Karen Harutyunyan opened discussions on Facebook and sought to reveal the position of the church in this regard. Nevertheless, no clarifications to their approach have been presented. Just the contrary, this problem was transferred to another forum – personal offences. Hayk Kiseblyan, a novice, has disseminated a letter with insults in regard with the photos.
If wrote such an expression, like ‘If you are a man, write down your phone number, if no…..” He also addressed Mariam Sukhudyan (green activist), “You, insolent, keep your video with you, and don’t allow yourself something extra. People arrange events and want to change something, but you can’t see anything but your nose….” A Narek Hovhannisyan also made a similar expression alleging those having disseminated “Criminal Quartet” photos. And all the videos, which were published in “event” section, were deleted in the social network. Speaking about the church and its role in establishing a state, it should be mentioned that its intimacy with the authorities is long known. Apparently a criminal image is formed, where the servants refuse from participating in discussions.
The Roman Pope called the priests to go out into the street and to state that the church can’t stay in four walls any longer. He appealed the youth to respect the elderly, while the elderly not to avoid participating. “Speak and support the nation without any doubts, transfer justice, values and heritage.” “While the top officials of the church are in the epicenter of offshore scandals, it’s needed to ask where the social concept of the Armenian Apostolic Church is, whether it exists at all, and whether the church bears any responsibility for grabbing the nation, or it represents the interests of capital.
January 13, 2014 at 11:36