STATEMENT

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s recent blasphemy regarding the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church is not an isolated incident; rather, it is part of a coordinated and externally directed attack on our national values and institutions. On one hand, Azerbaijan is actively attempting to appropriate the entire heritage of the Armenian Apostolic Church, beginning with one of the founding figures, Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.

On the other hand, the current Armenian authorities are doing everything possible to discredit and diminish the significance of the Armenian Apostolic Church as an institution that embodies our national identity.

This situation is not a random or spontaneous occurrence; it is a politically orchestrated process aimed at undermining and eradicating the essential foundations of Armenian identity. The goal is to psychologically disarm the Armenian people in the face of ongoing aggression and to strip them of any spiritual values, which are crucial for fostering voluntary resistance and action.

The significant political implications of this process become particularly apparent when we observe the noticeable revival of traditional and Christian values in the West, as these values begin to reclaim their influence in political and public life.

The obsession with the “fashionable upbringing of the Armenian nation” is gradually transforming into a reality of fashionable “castration,” an attempt to alienate and undermine civilizational progress.

This barbaric assault on identity demands a serious and careful evaluation, as well as resistance and unity from our society.

The National-Democratic Alliance calls on the public: Wake up, Armenian people!

Council of the National Democratic Alliance

May 30, 2025,
Yerevan