“Young lady, I’m not an employee of a service”

14/03/2011 Marine MARTIROSYAN

According to well-known sources the religious leader of Ararat wing of the Armenian Apostolic Church Navasard (Samvel) Archbishop Kchoyan has received a Bentley from his relative. Yesterday we tried to find out from Ararat wing who has given a Bentley to this high-rank clergyman. The person on duty named Eliza Manukyan was first surprised by our unexpected question why asking how can the clergyman have anything common with the Bentley but later she said, “In general we don’t give any comments about private property but since you are interested in who has given the present then his name is Kirakos Petrosyan,” mentioned Manukyan. Later when on the phone with us Navasard Kchoyan also confirmed this information.

– God bless us, Father.

– God bless.

– There are rumors in the society that someone has presented you a Bentley automobile. We would like to check it with you.

– Who is interested in it? In the society each person has his/her private life. Let them take care of that. Why would the society deal with my personal life? My private life is invulnerable according to the constitution.

– I understand that, Archbishop. But is it true that you were presented a Bentley.

– One of my relatives took my Mercedes and gave me a Bentley instead. He wanted it and I gave him my car. What’s wrong with that?

– What class of a car is that?

– Young lady, I’m not an employee of a service. And honestly I don’t understand much about cars.

– Is it true that the plate numbers of the Bentley were presented by the chair of the Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan?

– No, the plate number was on the Mercedes.

– One more question, Father.

– Why do you need that? Are you going to ask me the color of my clothes?

– But you are a high-rank clergyman and are in the center of the society’s attention.

– What has the society to do with my personal life?

– By the way, do you drive the car yourself?

– No, I don’t drive and am not going to drive it.

– One more question. Is the car yours or is it going to belong to the church?

– The one, who gives the present they formulate the way they want.

– So how do they formulate that?

– It is not your business. Why would you be interested in my personal life?

P.S. Yesterday the press officer of Prosperous Armenia party Khachik Galstyan promised to respond to us whether Gagik Tsarukyan has presented the plate numbers to the Archbishop.