Friday, December 5, 2025

Ombudsman asks for effective investigation of Armenian church attack

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Ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian ombudsman addresses law enforcement bodies to properly and effectively investigate the attack on priests at an Armenian church on July 19.

On Saturday, about 50 people attacked Surb Etchmiadzin Church in Tbilisi. The Armenian Diocese

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Priests attacked at Armenian church in Tbilisi

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The incident took place inside the Surb Etchmiadzin Church in Tbilisi. (Photo published by the Armenian Diocese.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–About 50 people physically attacked priests at an Armenian Church in Tbilisi on Saturday.

The Armenian Orthodox Church says the attack was motivated by religious and ethnic prejudice, but Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs

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Mother claims daughter discriminated against by priest

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Levon Isakhanyan (left) and Inna Sukiasyan.

TBILISI, DFWatch–A mother claims a priest forced her daughter to leave a church a few days ago because of her ethnicity. The priest denied this.

Inna Sukiasyan, who is of Armenian origins, last week wrote on her Facebook page and later told journalists that

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