His Holiness Karekin II Defrocks Rev. Fr. Petros Azaryan

His Holiness Karekin II Defrocks Rev. Fr. Petros Azaryan 30.07.2021

Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, has issued a Pontifical Order whereby Rev. Fr. Petros Azaryan has been defrocked for willfully deserting his spiritual service.

From now on the defrocked clergyman is a member of the laity and will be known by his baptismal name of Norayr Azaryan.