{"id":78421,"date":"2026-03-19T17:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=78421"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:06:08","slug":"armenian-catholicos-faces-criminal-charges-travel-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/armenian-catholicos-faces-criminal-charges-travel-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Armeense Katholikos geconfronteerd met strafrechtelijke aanklachten en reisverbod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armeense aanklagers hebben een strafzaak geopend tegen de hoogste religieuze figuur van het land, de Katholikos van alle Armeni\u00ebrs Karekin II.<\/p>\n<p>Naast de strafrechtelijke aanklachten kreeg de Katholikos volgens advocaat Ara Zohrabyan ook een verbod om naar het buitenland te reizen. De timing van het verbod valt samen met een grote vergadering van Armeense bisschoppen die deze week in Oostenrijk gepland staat, waardoor de Katholikos niet kon deelnemen.<\/p>\n<p>De aanklachten zijn gebaseerd op het besluit van de Katholikos om bisschop Saroyan uit zijn ambt te zetten, nadat deze eerder publiekelijk had opgeroepen tot het aftreden van de Katholikos. Bisschop Saroyan werd in januari aanvankelijk uit zijn leidinggevende functie als hoofd van het bisdom verwijderd, voordat de rechter de kerk beval hem tijdelijk in zijn functie te herstellen. De Katholikos reageerde door hem volledig uit zijn ambt te zetten.<\/p>\n<p>Aanklagers stellen dat het uit het ambt zetten een illegale belemmering van het gerechtelijk bevel vormt, een bewering die critici van het Openbaar Ministerie aanhalen als de nieuwste in een lange reeks overheidsacties die bedoeld zijn om de onafhankelijkheid van de Armeens-Apostolische Kerk bij het beheer van haar interne aangelegenheden te verminderen.<\/p>\n<p>Mensenrechtenorganisaties en voorvechters van godsdienstvrijheid zijn begonnen zich uit te spreken tegen de overheidsactiviteiten, waarbij \u00e9\u00e9n analist in een priv\u00e9-interview aan International Christian Concern (ICC) vertelde dat de strafrechtelijke aanklachten een ongekende escalatie vertegenwoordigen en wijzen op een duidelijke schending van de rechtmatige onafhankelijkheid van de kerk.<\/p>\n<p>De gebeurtenissen van deze week vinden plaats te midden van een verbitterd conflict dat het afgelopen jaar is gegroeid tussen premier Nikol Pashinyan en de Armeens-Apostolische Kerk, waarin Pashinyan herhaaldelijk heeft opgeroepen tot het aftreden van de Katholikos en heeft aangedrongen op ongekende niveaus van overheidstoezicht en invloed op kerkelijke aangelegenheden.<\/p>\n<p>Vorige week bezocht de Amerikaanse vicepresident JD Vance Armeni\u00eb, wat de eerste keer is dat een zittende Amerikaanse president of vicepresident het land bezoekt. Naast andere stops bezochten hij en zijn vrouw een monument ter herdenking van de Armeense genocide van het begin van de 20e eeuw. Een bericht op sociale media van vicepresident Vance waarin naar de genocide werd verwezen, werd snel verwijderd, waarbij functionarissen van het Witte Huis de schuld gaven aan een medewerker van sociale media voor de verwijzing.<\/p>\n<p>Hoewel president Joe Biden de genocide in 2021 erkende, heeft geen enkele andere president de moord op 1,5 miljoen Armeni\u00ebrs door Turken in de jaren 1910 als genocide erkend. Deze aarzeling wordt vaak toegeschreven aan de sterke Turkse invloed op de VS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bezoek voor meer nieuwsberichten de\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.org\/news\/\">ICC Newsroom<\/a>. Voor interviews, stuur een e-mail naar<\/strong><strong>\u202f<a href=\"mailto:press@persecution.org\">press@persecution.org.<\/a>\u00a0Om het werk van ICC over de hele wereld te steunen, doneer aan ons\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/for\/internationalchristianconcern?_gl=1*39c47j*_gcl_au*OTYxMTk5MTE2LjE3NTAwODQ5MzA.*_ga*MzI3MDk1MTMzLjE3MTA5NTYxMTQ.*_ga_0FDDQ3PH5L*czE3NTMyODYzNjAkbzEyMTkkZzEkdDE3NTMyODYzNjgkajUyJGwwJGgw\">Where Most Needed Fund<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Het bericht <a href=\"https:\/\/persecution.org\/2026\/02\/18\/armenian-catholicos-faces-criminal-charges-travel-ban\/\">Armeense Katholikos geconfronteerd met strafrechtelijke aanklachten en reisverbod<\/a> verscheen voor het eerst op <a href=\"https:\/\/persecution.org\">International Christian Concern<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/persecution.org\/2026\/02\/18\/armenian-catholicos-faces-criminal-charges-travel-ban\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/persecution.org\/2026\/02\/18\/armenian-catholicos-faces-criminal-charges-travel-ban\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armenian prosecutors have opened a criminal case against the country\u2019s highest religious figure, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II. In addition to the criminal charges, the Catholicos was also banned from travelling abroad, according to lawyer Ara Zohrabyan. The timing of the ban coincides with a major assembly of Armenian bishops scheduled to meet in [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":78420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-78421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ICC-Favicon-80px-20.png?fit=80%2C80&quality=69&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69975,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/human-rights-advocates-decry-armenian-government-crackdown-on-christian-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":78421,"position":0},"title":"Human rights advocates decry Armenian government crackdown on Christian church","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"februari 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Peter Flew, a lawyer and writer, says at a congressional briefing Nov. 20, 2025, that he collected evidence and witness statements regarding government persecution of the Apostolic Church in Armenia. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of George Goss\/Image Herder Washington, D.C. 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