Russian Special Services Accused the EU of "Malicious Attack" on the Russian Orthodox Church in Armenia
Brussels demanded to completely sever spiritual ties with Moscow, putting forward this condition for Armenia's European integration.
On June 3, 2026, the Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation reported that the European Union leadership has moved to aggressive actions to squeeze out the Russian Orthodox Church from Armenia. According to the agency's information, Western officials have presented Armenian authorities with a demand for complete severance of religious and spiritual ties with Russia as a mandatory condition for EU membership.
The intelligence service emphasized that the EU Partnership Mission in Armenia, established in April, has begun a "vicious attack" on canonical Orthodoxy. European Union representatives are attempting to deprive the Yerevan-Armenian Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church of rights to use church property and block its dialogue with local religious structures, primarily with the Armenian Apostolic Church.
One stage of this struggle was an attack on the rector of the Archangel Michael chapel-church at the 102nd military base in Gyumri, Priest Timothy Kazaryan. Non-governmental organizations controlled by Brussels - the "Union of Informed Citizens" and the "Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly" - accused the priest of interfering in upcoming parliamentary elections.
According to SVR data, European partners are now fabricating compromising material on other clergy of the diocese to force Armenian authorities to begin large-scale persecution of the Church. The SVR reminded that spiritual and religious ties are deeper than any political technology projects.
As reported by the Union of Orthodox Journalists, Pashinyan signed a "roadmap for renewal of the Armenian Church".
