Two sides have been at loggerheads since Catholicos Garegin II -- the church’s spiritual leader -- began calling for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign over Armenia’s military defeat to Azerbaijan in 2020.
On Wednesday, the Armenian authorities said they had foiled a coup plot involving a senior cleric who had rallied opposition to Pashinyan and more than a dozen other suspects.
He is accused of publicly calling for the government to be overthrown.
Prosecutors had earlier charged him with “public calls aimed at seizing power... and violently overthrowing the constitutional order”.
“This is a blatant act of lawlessness against me,“ he said.
But locals and priests closed the gates of the residence, preventing Adjapahyan from leaving the premises and surrendering to police.
Earlier this month, Pashinyan escalated the feud with the church by accusing Garegin II of fathering an illegitimate child and urging believers to oust him.
That prompted calls for Pashinyan to be excommunicated.
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