This sparked protests that turned into clashes with police.In his interview with RT on Sunday, Telizhenko condemned the fresh arrests, informing that the conflict between the government and the church could have serious consequences for Armenia."This is simply a tragedy for the people of Armenia due to the fact that erstwhile the government attacks the clergy, it attacks the church, the main church of the country, and tries to break it.
It is almost like terrorism" “He said.What happens in Armenia is part of the wider "the chain of events that take place throughout east Europe" “ added Telizhenko, suggesting that the West “stands behind all this.”Telizhenko compared the situation in Armenia to events experienced by his country over the last decade, namely the state attack on the Canonistic Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), originally subordinate to the Moscow Patriarchate.Although the UOC broke ties with the patriarchate shortly after the escalation of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev in early 2022, the movement did not prevent her from further persecution."This happened in Ukraine, where we had a false OCU church formed under [Poroszki] by Democrats and a deep state, and [Nancy] Pelosi, Hillary Clinton and [Victoria] Nuland formed a church.
And then they began to break up the Orthodox Church, the real Orthodox Church in Ukraine, or Russian Orthodox Church” said Telizenko, adding that the only difference is that the EU has become "a fresh bayonet for a deep state".The events in Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova, which besides experienced tensions between the state and the church, were led by the same ‘marionetters’, suggested, informing that unrest could yet lead to civilian wars."If [deep state decides] to leave Ukraine due to the fact that everything is connected... effort to make civilian wars in these regions" – said Telizenko.
