Կարգալուծութեան Կապակցութեամբ Առաջարկ

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1.  Ի՞նչու Վեհափառը կարգալույծ չի անում

   Ի՞նչու Վեհափառը կարգալույծ չի անում Հրազդանի կիրճում շքեղ առանձնատան, Բենտլի ավտոմեքենայի եվ անձնական զենքի տեր, իր քթի տակ աճող «հոգեվորականին»:

   1. Որովհետեվ Վեհափառ չե

      Որովհետեվ Վեհափառ  չե «վեհափառ»ը, այլ ինչ որ մի օլիկարխնիկ բռնակալ բիզնեսմեն: Հազար ափսոս Ս. Էջմիածնին:

      1. «Սրբազնագո՛յն Կաթողիկոսին»

         Եւ այս պարագաներուն տակ, մեր աղոթքներուն մէջ կրնա՞նք տակաւին երգել «Յիշեա Տէր եւ ողորմեա Գարեգին Բ Սրբազնագոյն Կաթողիկոսին», Կաթողիկոս մը որ կը յայտարարէ, «Ինծի հակարակողին ծունկի կը բերեմ»:

2. The Petition

   I did not sign the petition even though, like most lay people, my natural inclination is for transparent governance of our Church. However, I also understand that a Catholicos reigns supreme in all matters pertaining the Church.

    

   It is common parlance that the U.S. Army protects democracy but does not itself exercise democracy. Failure of a priest to appear at the request of the Catholicos is akin to a military insubordination, obviously discounting the mitigating circumstances such as poor health etc. that may have necessitated a priest not to abide by the ecclesiastical order of the Supreme Head.

    

   Catholicos Karekin II will reign supreme until God calls him. However, undemocratic this reality is, it’s the way the institution is.

   The elected Supreme Head of the Church, by the will of God and choice of the people, may not be another Khrimian Hairig or Karekin I or Gregory the Illuminator, but we, the people empowered him with the same absolute powers in Church matters much like his illustrious predecessors. It is thus the Sheep who have to learn to abide and accommodate the Shepherd, trusting the latter’s good judgment.  

   1. The Petition

      "Trusting the latter’s good judgment" – something that is terribly missing. The Shepherd is abusing the Sheep and you are offering him assistance. A friend of mine in Yerevan had to visit many homes there for the charity he supports. He said that not in ONE home he saw current "Shepherd"’s photo but almost every home had Vazgen’s image. It’s not a secret anywhere anymore that AAC has become a business in the hands of the "Shepherd" and his clique. Old churches are crumbling, the "sheep" is going hungry and running away from the country and the "Shepherd" is spending the money to build a new Seat in the center of Yerevan, while members of his clique drive Bentleys and live in luxury. Not to say that the "Shepherd" has a child of his own – this should have precluded him from being a “Shepherd” in the first place.

      1. My Response to Vardan

         Vardan,

         I hope my commentary did not imply to you or any of the readers my endorsement of the present Catholicos–Karekin II Nercessian. I attempted to draw attention to the reality, sad and ugly as it may be. The reality is set for us now and there is no recourse to reverse the course but deal with it.

          

         Much like you, I also have heard the ugly rumors, some of which are not new. Let this be an education for us as a nation to set aside partisan bickering and study carefully the merits of the next candidate in line in decades to come.

          

         The now Karekin II Nercessian presented a formidable challenge to the much esteemed Cilician Catholicos Karekin II Sarkissian’s election as Karekin I of Echmiadzin. I wondered then what drove a young, relatively unknown archbishop that Karekin II was then to present such a formidable challenge to such an esteemed intellect like Karekin II Sarkissian of Antelias was.

          

         I bet in all likelihood the considerations in favor of Archbishop Karekin Necessian as Catholicos were not based on his personal and intellectual merits over Karekin II Sarkissian of Antelias. The delegates next time around made the choice on behalf of all of us and now we have to deal with it.

          

         Let us face it: Karekin II Nercessian is there to stay. It’s better for us to find ways and means to accommodate him rather than challenge his authority as that may lead to serious schism within our esteemed institution, the Armenian Apostolic Church. There is no distinction, as far as I understand the reality of the governing the Armenian Church, between the temporal power and spiritual power of the Catholicos. He reigns supreme in Church matters, temporal or spiritual. We cherish Khrimian Hairig’s temporal values as we do his spiritual.

          

         Let us also admit that not all of our Catholicoses of the past have been what our post WWI generation came to know in the persons of esteemed individuals who occupied the thrones of the Cilician and Echmiadzin Catholicosates.
         

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