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Visiting an Armenian Archbishop in Prison

Joel Veldkamp

On February 3, I stood in a poorly lit meeting room in the National Security Services building in Yerevan, Armenia, as Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan prayed a blessing over me...

The Meaning of Armenia’s Prayer Breakfast

Joel Veldkamp

This past weekend, Armenia, widely regarded as the “first Christian nation,” held its first national prayer breakfast. Christian leaders from across North America and Europe converged on the capital,...

The Persecution of Armenian Christians Is Not Just a Religious Freedom Issue

Joel Veldkamp

This September, the end came for Nagorno-Karabakh. The tiny mountain region was once home to 120,000 Armenian Christians governing themselves in a de facto independent republic, the Republic of...