Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed to show his circumcision status to the head of the Orthodox Church amid accusations of not being a true Christian. This bizarre exchange followed comments from Father Zareh Ashuryan, who criticized Pashinyan's faith. The tension escalated with the arrest of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan and others for allegedly plotting a coup against the government, which Pashinyan claimed was a plan by corrupt clergy to seize power.