Armenian clergyman`s surgery postposned for health reasons 

ArmInfo. The surgery of Archbishop Mikael Ajapakhian, Primate of the Shirak Diocese, has been postponed due to his health condition. Martun Grigoryan, MP from the  "I Have the Honor" faction, announced this on his Facebook page.

Specifically, he stated that the surgery was supposed to take place  at the Izmirlyan Medical Center, which is why the Primate of the  Shirak Diocese was transferred there. "The surgery is currently being  postponed due to the Archbishop's other health issues. Doctors are  currently working to stabilize his condition," the MP noted.

As a reminder, in early December, Garnik Danielyan, MP from the  opposition "Hayastan" faction, announced that Archbishop Mikael  Ajapakhian needed urgent surgery. The head of the Shirak Diocese was  arrested on June 28 by a ruling of the Yerevan Court of First  Instance.

The cleric is accused of calling for the violent overthrow of the  government. These calls were made a year ago and were deemed not to  constitute a crime by the National Security Service of Armenia.

Nevertheless, according to the Investigative Committee, during the  preliminary investigation of the criminal case, clear factual  evidence was obtained that M.A. stated in an interview with a news  channel that he had repeatedly proposed to two former presidents of  the Republic of Armenia to carry out a military coup through generals  who held similar positions in the army, police, and national security  agencies.

"Thus, M.A., using the media, made public calls aimed at seizing  power and violently overthrowing the constitutional order," the  statement stated. The charges against M.A. A public criminal  prosecution was initiated under Part 2 of Article 422 of the Criminal  Code (public calls aimed at seizing power, violating territorial  integrity, renunciation of sovereignty or the violent overthrow of  the constitutional order).