December 18 will remain one of the shameful and shameful pages of our recent history. Statement of Bishops Bagrat and Arshak from the prison

On December 18, the anti-church thugs, under the open patronage of their infamous ringleader, invaded the Mother See again, trying to loot the sacred sanctuary. Bishops Bagrat and Arshak, who are in the NSS isolation cell, issued a statement about this. "It was interesting to see in the first ranks of the marchers, still high-ranking clergymen, who had the reign tattooed on their foreheads as a fox mark, who were standing behind the police ranks, with confused and confused looks. It is obvious that they also understand that they have chosen the path of self-destruction and self-denial, becoming puppets in the hands of a mischievous puppeteer, who will soon sacrifice them too to his bloodthirsty idol of hatred and enmity. The walls of the Cathedral have seen many vandals, they saw this too (all of them crumbled to dust) and in that sense, December 18 will remain one of the shameful and shameful pages of our recent history. In the face of this shameful image, we particularly admire our pilgrims and the courageous attitude of the people of faith, which proved once again that the sense of identity cannot be killed in an Armenian person, regardless of the severity of the persecution. On behalf of us and our other imprisoned spiritual brothers, Saints Michael and Baptist, we express our loyalty to the Patriarch of All Armenians and the Enlightener's Throne, and our support to the military and devoted spiritual class and the people. With special warmth, we pray to Fr. Vrtanes. For Baghalyan's speedy recovery. May our Lord keep the Holy Etchmiadzin Motherland intact and unshakable, our kissable and wounded homeland and people, so that the magic departs from our lives, the fog is rejected, the darkness disappears, the evil does not abound, the despairs are persecuted and the almighty hand of the Lord reigns."