Rehearsal in Gyumri before the cathedral seizure

On the 37th anniversary of the earthquake, Nikol Pashinyan disrupted the mourning of Gyumri residents by sowing political intrigue and seizing the Church of the Seven Wounds, holding his own liturgy there.

A grand rehearsal before the cathedral seizure means that the Catholicos can be arrested, as Archbishop Michael was, and, with the pleasure of the arrested leader, seize the church and hold a "liturgy" there, outside the Armenian Apostolic rite and canons, with the faithful and priests brought in. The only good news here is that none of this was possible with the local priests and clergy.