From February 17–19, 2026, an Assembly of Bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church convened in Sankt Pölten, Austria, at the invitation and with the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. At the conclusion of the three-day gathering, the 25 participating bishops issued a strongly worded statement addressing church-state tensions in Armenia, internal ecclesiastical divisions, and the ongoing detention of Armenian leaders in Baku. Church–State Relations at the Forefront The assembly brought together bishops from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople. Messages were also sent by Aram I of the Catholicosate of the Great...