“God has given us a small land, this is a heritage, just like our family is our heritage. God has commanded us to observe it. When the unjust enemy provokes a war, unleashes a war against our country, then the church becomes an army, the nation becomes an army, we all become an army, and the clergy become soldiers, we dedicate ourselves to this sacred mission,” Priest Varazdat Najaryan, regiment clergyman of the RA Armed Forces said.

According to him, when the country is in danger, that danger was provoked by the enemy, the enemy must be neutralized, even by taking his life, it is a commandment, it must be kept sacred, and it is definitely not a sin, because that is how they protect the country.

Father Varazdat said that the clerical leadership of the RA Armed Forces has existed as a structure for 23 years, about 5 dozen regiment clergymen serve in the army.

“How correct would it be when the clergyman is next to his soldier in peacetime, at a military base next to his soldier, having dinner with a soldier, and suddenly there is a war, there is no clergyman, there is no such thing,” says the priest.

According to him, the presence of clerical leadership in the military units made it possible to prevent many suicide attempts, as the soldier may not trust the officer, but trusts the clergyman even personal secrets.

The priest mentions that by the wisdom of His Holiness the Dadivank monastery complex was somehow saved, but the enemy has been preventing the entry of Armenian pilgrims to the monastery complex for several Sundays.

“The Azerbaijanis are doing everything to make our clergymen leave the monastery voluntarily, they are trying to bring Udi clergymen there, to provoke some battles, but our clergymen do not give in. We will achieve the liberation of our monasteries from the howl of the Turks and the atrocities committed there,” said the priest.

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