Citizens Organize Signature Collection for the Freedom of Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan

Thousands of citizens at the Gyumri Holy Mother of God Seven Wounds Church have joined the signature collection initiated for the freedom of Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan and submitted a written application to the court. They claim that the continued imprisonment of the Archbishop negatively affects the believers of the Shirak Diocese, and thereby limits their constitutional right to satisfy their religious needs. It has been nine months since the head of the Shirak Diocese, Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan, has been in prison. His Eminence is deprived of the opportunity to perform spiritual services and deal with the affairs of the diocese.