It became known from the announcement of the program of New Year TV programs of the public television company that the New Year message of the Catholicos of All Armenians is planned to be broadcast on December 31 at 21:55. This is reported by the Information System of the Mother See.
"We consider it necessary to note that there was no discussion between the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the Public Ministry regarding the broadcasting of the message.
The TV company continues to bypass the decades-old tradition of broadcasting the New Year message of the Catholicos of All Armenians, ignoring the position of the Mother See and the demands and expectations of the Armenian Church's native and worldwide believers.
In the conditions of the adopted working style of the TV company, the Mother See does not consider it appropriate to broadcast the address of the Patriarch of All Armenians on the public air.
The message of the Catholicos of All Armenians will be broadcast on New Year's Eve in the media available to us, at the time set by the tradition of the previous years," the statement said.
