Ban on Catholicos of All Armenians leaving Armenia. Karekin II’s message. Protest in United States. Alpha Newsroom 02/16/26
February 16 2026, 14:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹The Catholicos of All Armenians has been banned from leaving Armenia
🔹 Message from Catholicos Karekin II regarding national issues and attacks against the Church
🔹 The Mother See condemns the criminal prosecution against the Catholicos of All Armenians
🔹 Our bishops will gather in Austria; the Episcopal Assembly will be held in the absence of the Catholicos – Archbishop Nathan
🔹 The CCAF condemned Pashinyan’s campaign against the Armenian Apostolic Church
🔹 Protest in the US in defense of the Church and the Catholicos
🔹 The content of the video attributed to Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan was fabricated using specialized software
🔹 Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan will be discharged from Izmirlian Medical Center and transferred to Gyumri
🔹 Aliyev accused Russia of deliberately striking Azerbaijan’s embassy
🔹 Moscow warns: EU membership is incompatible with the Eurasian Economic Union
🔹 Narek Karapetyan will head the “Strong Armenia” party’s list in the upcoming parliamentary elections
🔹 “Karapetyan inspires confidence with his deeds.” The imprisoned philanthropist as candidate for Prime Minister – InstaFace
🔹 English exam or test of psychological endurance? – Out of Sight
🔹 The calculation was based on debts, but the Russian side announced it would start immediately – Poghosyan on the railway situation
🔹 Alexey Anpilogov on the US proposal to build modular nuclear power plants
🔹 Russia is still observing – political strategist Pavel Dubravskiy on Vance’s visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan
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