Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan was accused of being in a plot to unseat Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: AP PHOTO

A court in Armenia has sentenced a well-known archbishop to two years in prison after finding him guilty of calling for regime change in what his church has condemned as a politically motivated trial, Armenian site CivilNet reports.

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The acrimonious confrontation, pitting the Armenian Apostolic Church against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his government, has resulted in a number of prominent clerics arrested on charges of attempts to incite violent coups.

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