Trial of leader of  "Sacred Struggle" protest movement and 17 his  supporters  begun in court

ArmInfo.  The first session of the case involving the leader of the protest movement "Sacred Struggle", Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, and 17 of his supporters has begun in the primary court of Kentron.

At the initiative of the Archbishop, the court session began with the  prayer "Our Father". At the very beginning of the session, Bagrat  Galstanyan requested  the court not refer to him  by his secular name  Vazgen, as  Vazgen died in 1995, when he became a priest. The  Archbishop denies the accusations against him. According to him, it  is a great honor for him to be in this hall, as he is  fighting to  uphold honor of the Motherland and the state. "We are not terrorists,  but we are being terrorized by those who worship money and power,"   Bagrat Galstanyan stated.