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    ARMENIAN EVANGELICAL PRIEST ON LAWLESSNESS INSIDE CHURCH

    15:04 ~U 31.10.13

    An Armenian priest, who has been recently defrocked by Evangelical
    Association, has spoken of lawless practices inside the church.

    Reverent Father Armen Mikaelyan, the former head of the Aragatsotn
    office of the Association's Armenian branch, told a news conference on
    Thursday that he has been forced to quit because of voicing concerns
    over the existing lawlessness. He particularly referred to the sex
    education trainings which the Association organized in a summer camp
    for children, without regard to age peculiarities.

    The priest also addressed other irregularities.

    "The charter of the Armenian Evangelical Church's does not conform to
    the belief and freedom of speech provisions enshrined in Armenia's
    Constitution. The change in the Constitution's legal rules has not
    affected the internal regulations. The Evangelical Church operates as
    a sect today. It is represented as a sister of the Apostolic Church,
    but it administers rebaptism, and we have facts. This runs counter
    to the Christian ideology," he said, adding that the Association,
    which has been registered as a religious organization, engages in
    charity now in order to avoid taxes.

    Asked whether he will continue to work for the church in case of being
    reinstated to his position, Melilyan said he still keeps working as
    a priest in the Aragatsotn office despite being sacked.

    "My fight is not against the church; the Evangelical Church is not
    a sectarian church. It is now that it functions like a sect. I am
    against the lawlessness, not the church. God has sent me there to
    fight," he answered.

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/10/31/armen-miqayelyan/



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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