His Holiness Karekin II Defrocks Rev. Fr. Vasken Petrosyan
On March 19, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, has issued a Pontifical Order whereby Rev. Fr. Vasken Petrosyan, according to his application, has been defrocked.
As of this day, the defrocked clergyman is a member of the laity and shall be known by his baptismal name of Rafael Petrosyan.