‘Azerbaijan Plans to Replace Armenian Clergy of Dadivank Monastery With Russian Priests’ – Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan

Dadivank Monastery. pic – Wiki

OCP News Service – 13/6/2022

Stepanakert-Republic of Artsakh: Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan, the head of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Diocese of the Armenian Orthodox Church stated that Azerbaijani authorities are planning to replace Armenian Orthodox clergy of the Dadivank Monastery with Russian Orthodox priests. The Bishop believes that apart from replacing Armenian Clergy, they will eventually ask the Russian peacekeeping forces to leave the area. However, he believes that the Russian Orthodox Church would not heed to such a decision by the Azerbaijani authorities.

Dadivank is an ancient Armenian Monastery in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The monastery was earlier part of Republic of Artsakh. However as a result of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, the monastery came under the control of Azerbaijan.

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