As Ann Barnhardt has recently noted:
Gregory of Narek, while certainly a very holy man, was outside of communion with Rome, and also was a heretic, namely a Miaphysitite...
Miaphysitism holds that Christ has only one nature, which contains both a divine character and a human character. Miaphysitism is the heresy held by what are referred to today as the Oriental Orthodox churches, which includes among others the Armenians and also the Copts in Egypt...
While there have been and are holy people in these Oriental Orthodox churches, and let us certainly put at the head of that list for purposes of this explanation both Gregory of Narek AND the 21 Coptic martyrs who died on the Libyan beach just last week with the Most Holy Name of Jesus on their lips, we cannot permit sentimentality to subvert truth...
Source: http://www.barnhardt.biz/2015/02/24/the-first-commandment-is-first-for-a-reason/
Could it be possible that with the Christians in the Middle East under attack from a violent resurgent Islam, this should come as no surprise.
Here's the truth, direct from the Way, the Truth and the Life.