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# Detained Armenian Archbishops Launch Hunger Strike in Protest
- URL: https://uoj.news/news/84704-detained-armenian-archbishops-launch-hunger-strike-in-protest/
- Published: 2025-07-07T11:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T16:10:36.000Z
- Description: Church leaders mark Constitution Day by condemning state actions as unconstitutional.
- Author: News
- Tags: #Category: News, Armenian Apostolic Church, Church and State, Arrests of clergy

**YEREVAN —** Two detained archbishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Bagrat Galstanyan and Mikayel Ajapahyan, declared a one-day hunger strike on July 5 to protest what they call unconstitutional persecution by Armenian authorities.

In a [statement released](https://am.sputniknews.ru/20250704/arkhiepiskopy-bagrat-galstanyan-i-mikael-adzhapakhyan-obyavyat-odnoderevnuyu-golodovku-90985010.html?utm%5Fsource=yxnews&utm%5Fmedium=desktop&utm%5Freferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fdzen.ru%2Fnews%2Finstory%2F138badd1-462d-540a-9f82-85a50ff2807f) by Ajapahyan’s legal team, the archbishops announced the strike in connection with Armenia’s Constitution Day.

Archbishop Bagrat, leader of the “Sacred Struggle” opposition movement, [was arrested on June 26](https://uoj.news/news/84630-armenian-archbishop-arrested-for-alleged-coup-plot-amid-crackdown-on-church-influence/) on allegations of plotting terrorist acts and attempting to seize power.

[Ajapahyan was detained](https://uoj.news/news/84643-another-armenian-archbishop-detained-on-charges-of-inciting-government-overthrow/) the following day, accused of inciting power seizure, undermining sovereignty, and attempting to overthrow the constitutional order.