another party that was closely associated to the arordiners is the union of armenian aryans, led by armen avetisyan, headquartered in abovyan, a city which is the second most important center of the armenian native faith movement after yerevan. the relations with the party, known for its extreme views, were cut in 2009 when avetisyan proclaimed himself a spiritual leader and announced the initiative to build a central temple in yerevan; as the children of ari expressed their opposition to the project, avetisyan founded a separate religious group, the armenian aryan order.