Violent change of Catholicos could have serious geopolitical  consequences

ArmInfo.  A violent change of the Catholicos, if successful, would be geopolitical in nature, fraught with serious consequences. Political scientist Stepan Danielyan writes this on his Facebook page.

"Let's assume that it happens, and the Catholicos is "elected by the  people." The question arises as to whom the people will choose - the  "Real Armenia" or other parts. Let's assume that it is not the people  of the "Real Armenia," as the followers of the Armenian Church in  Russia say, who accept the choice of the people of the "Real  Armenia," and that part of the people of the Armenian population of  America and France accepts it, while the other part does not. In  addition, let's exclude from consideration the Armenian people of  Argentina, Paraguay, and Bulgaria. In addition, let's exclude from  consideration the "false" part of Armenia. Let me remind you that the  Catholicos belongs to all Armenians, not to the "Real Armenia." By  rough estimates, we will have about 17 new Catholicoses who will feel  disgust for each other, including the new communities of these new  Catholicoses, who will feel alienated from each other. Every  superpower, even a non-superpower, where there is a diocese of the  Armenian Church, will appoint a Catholicos for itself, based on "for  their own political and geopolitical interests, and that's still a  good option.

For example, given the current political situation in Georgia, the  Armenian Church of St. Nicholas, the fifth column, should be closed,  and the issue will be closed. Try to guess who, in this atmosphere of  universal hatred, feels like a fish in water; moreover, feeds on  hatred and derives vital energy from it," the political scientist  noted.