Would Pashinyan be able to sponsor and organize this non-legitimate ceremony if there were no state, governmental, and police levers? I am confident that he would not be able to do such a thing.

The non-legitimate ceremony opens a new door for similar non-legitimate actions, as it lays the groundwork for a crisis of legitimacy and establishes a dangerous and bad tradition.

Churches, monasteries, and other sanctuaries are the spiritual heritage of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church. Regardless of their legal status of ownership, the canonical right to perform religious rites and offer liturgies (Holy Mass) is exclusively reserved for the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church.

According to Article 18 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia: The Republic of Armenia recognizes the exclusive mission of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, as the national church, in the spiritual life of the Armenian people, in the development of its national culture and the preservation of national identity. The relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church may be regulated by law.