Сhancellor of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan leaves the Yerevan-Kentron Penitentiary Institution after he was released from custody аt the decision of a judge of the appeals court, in Yerevan, Armenia. On December 5, the archbishop was arrested on suspicion of planting drugs on people protesting in 2018 against Armenia's chief bishop, Catholicos Karekin II.

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Сhancellor of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan leaves the Yerevan-Kentron Penitentiary Institution after he was released from custody аt the decision of a judge of the appeals court, in Yerevan, Armenia. On December 5, the archbishop was arrested on suspicion of planting drugs on people protesting in 2018 against Armenia's chief bishop, Catholicos Karekin II.

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Сhancellor of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan talks to the media after he was released from custody аt the decision of a judge of the appeals court, in Yerevan, Armenia. On December 5, the archbishop was arrested on suspicion of planting drugs on people protesting in 2018 against Armenia's chief bishop, Catholicos Karekin II.

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Сhancellor of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan talks on a mobile phone after he was released from custody аt the decision of a judge of the appeals court, in Yerevan, Armenia. On December 5, the archbishop was arrested on suspicion of planting drugs on people protesting in 2018 against Armenia's chief bishop, Catholicos Karekin II.

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Сhancellor of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, centre, is seen after he was released from custody аt the decision of a judge of the appeals court, in Yerevan, Armenia. On December 5, the archbishop was arrested on suspicion of planting drugs on people protesting in 2018 against Armenia's chief bishop, Catholicos Karekin II.

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Сhancellor of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan is seen after he was released from custody аt the decision of a judge of the appeals court, in Yerevan, Armenia. On December 5, the archbishop was arrested on suspicion of planting drugs on people protesting in 2018 against Armenia's chief bishop, Catholicos Karekin II.

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Сhancellor of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan is seen after he was released from custody аt the decision of a judge of the appeals court, in Yerevan, Armenia. On December 5, the archbishop was arrested on suspicion of planting drugs on people protesting in 2018 against Armenia's chief bishop, Catholicos Karekin II.

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Сhancellor of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan talks to the media after he was released from custody аt the decision of a judge of the appeals court, in Yerevan, Armenia. On December 5, the archbishop was arrested on suspicion of planting drugs on people protesting in 2018 against Armenia's chief bishop, Catholicos Karekin II.

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Сhancellor of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan talks to the media after he was released from custody аt the decision of a judge of the appeals court, in Yerevan, Armenia. On December 5, the archbishop was arrested on suspicion of planting drugs on people protesting in 2018 against Armenia's chief bishop, Catholicos Karekin II.

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Сhancellor of the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan embraces his mother after he was released from custody аt the decision of a judge of the appeals court, in Yerevan, Armenia. On December 5, the archbishop was arrested on suspicion of planting drugs on people protesting in 2018 against Armenia's chief bishop, Catholicos Karekin II.

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