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Divorced priest defrocked

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His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, has issued a Pontifical Order dated March 04, 2010 whereby Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian has been defrocked for resigning from his pastoral service due to divorce.

As of this day, the defrocked clergyman is a member of the laity and shall be known by his baptismal name of Armen Devejian.