YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, has issued a Pontifical Order dated January 12, 2007, whereby Rev. Fr. Khoren Zakarian has been defrocked for resigning from his pastoral service. According to the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, as of this day, the defrocked clergyman is a member of the laity and shall be known by his baptismal name of Artavazd Zakarian.

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