Pashinian Vs. The Catholicos: What’s Behind The Armenian Prime Minister’s Campaign Against The Church? December 21, 2025 at 9:28 am News Armenian News Tweet Share Reddit +1 Pocket LinkedIn Armenia is facing its gravest church-state clash since gaining independence, as tensions continue to grow between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.