YEREVAN. – Problems related to church are threatening national security, vice chairman of Youth NGO Gurgen Simonyan said.

“We are expressing our concern over the situation with the Armenian Apostolic Church. The church is an exceptional structure uniting the Armenian nation. By its existence the church provides spiritual security of the Armenian nation,” Gurgen Simonyan said.

He believes that publication of a personal letter addressed to the Catholicos of All Armenians was a direct blow to national security.

Patriarch of Jerusalem Nourhan Manougian addressed Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II with a strongly worded letter, expressingdiscontent at his policy, in particular the case of French diocese head who had been  discharged of office.