The Diocese of Ergatsutan strongly condemned the liturgy held in the Church of St. Geborg in the village of Granhowitz, Tallinn County, by the former priest Armen Arklian (formerly Father Kurion). The diocese's statement notes that this man once headed the infamous "New Armenia - The New Patriarch" movement. The church, the diocese emphasizes, is not a place for personal ambitions, arbitrary decisions or actions to please one's desires. The Diocese recalled that a clergyman declared by him loses the church's right to perform priestly service and enjoy priestly rights, and the "liturgy" performed by such a person cannot be considered the canonical liturgy of the church. Such actions not only violate the order of the church, but also mislead the believers, trample and destroy their religious and spiritual life. The Diocese demanded that the ex-priests who were deposed refrain from actions that desecrate churches and violate the religious rights of believers, and called on their spiritual children to be careful and not participate in such illegal and anti-canonical events.