His Holiness Karekin II Defrocks Rev. Fr. Hambardzoum Arabyan
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Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, has issued a Pontifical Order whereby Rev. Fr. Hambardzoum Arabyan 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 Suren Arabyan.