On December 31, the order of "Blessing" to be performed by the clergy in the Saint Astvatsatsin Church in Tallinn was obstructed by the mayor of Tallinn and former local clergyman, Aramayis Takhmazyan.
After the conversation with the mayor of the community, the clergy and all the faithful people left the Church to avoid trouble and clashes. After that, a "ceremony" was performed in the church in the presence of the head of the community and the orderly person.
After they left the church, only the clergy of the diocese prayed the New Year's prayer together with the faithful and performed the "Morning Blessing" order. HASE Aragatsotn Diocese issued a statement about this.
"The head of Tallinn community, Tavros Sapeyan, said that in 2026 On January 6, at the Holy and Immortal Liturgy dedicated to the feast of Christmas and Epiphany, he should present himself as the crucifix of the Church of the Holy Mother of God in Tallinn and insisted that the name of the Catholicos of All Armenians should be discounted during the Liturgy.
The Diocese of Aragatsotn expresses its concern regarding the above-mentioned troubled history and the community head's illegal claims and reminds the head of the Talin community, Tavros Sapeyan, and his supporters that obstructing the legal activities of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church or the performance of a religious ritual is a criminal offense.
And the most important thing. A crucifix in the Armenian Church can be the one who fully accepts the order, the sacred tradition and the dogma that is an inseparable part of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church.
On December 31, the order of "Blessing" to be performed by the clergy in the Saint Astvatsatsin Church in Tallinn was obstructed by the mayor of Tallinn and former local clergyman, Aramayis Takhmazyan. After the conversation with the mayor of the community, the clergy and all the faithful people left the Church to avoid trouble and clashes.
After that, a "ceremony" was performed in the church in the presence of the head of the community and the orderly person. After they left the church, only the clergy of the diocese prayed the New Year's prayer together with the faithful and performed the "Morning Blessing" order. HASE Aragatsotn Diocese issued a statement about this.
"The head of Tallinn community, Tavros Sapeyan, said that in 2026 On January 6, at the Holy and Immortal Liturgy dedicated to the feast of Christmas and Epiphany, he should present himself as the crucifix of the Church of the Holy Mother of God in Tallinn and insisted that the name of the Catholicos of All Armenians should be discounted during the Liturgy.
The Diocese of Aragatsotn expresses its concern regarding the above-mentioned troubled history and the community head's illegal claims and reminds the head of the Talin community, Tavros Sapeyan, and his supporters that obstructing the legal activities of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church or the performance of a religious ritual is a criminal offense.
