Hagop II. Nalyan

Hagop II. Nalyan Zmmarazi (* 1706 in Zimara, † July 19, 1764 in Constantinople ) was Archbishop and the 50th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople . He renewed the educational system and thereby consolidated the authority of the Armenian Apostolic Church in a time of crisis.

Life

Hagop Nalyan was born in 1706 in the village of Zimara between Divriği and Akn (now Kemaliye , Turkey). Around 1720 he came to Constantinople and visited the Patriarch John IX. Seminary founded by Baghesch (also known as Archbishop Golod) in Scutari . In 1728 he became a priest in 1729 in Echmiadzin for bishop consecrated. In 1741 he succeeded Patriarch John IX. and surpassed him in Reformation zeal. In 1749 he was deposed. For a short time he was the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem until he was re-elected Patriarch of Constantinople in 1752. He made friends with Koca Mehmed Ragıp Paşa , to whom it is thanks that the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mustafa III. was not involved in the Seven Years' War . Patriarch Hagop II. Nalyan died in office and dignity in 1764.

Services

As a theologian, linguist and writer, Hagop Nalyan is one of the most famous patriarchs. Ten works come from him (interpretations of the holy scriptures and religious textbooks). In its charisma, however, it is surpassed by Mechitar von Sebasteia , which had a worldwide and more lasting impact.

Works (selection)

• Kirk kotschetsyal kristoneagan usaneli yew gam kristoneits varsitsch , Constantinople 1737.
• Kirk megnutean aghotits srpoyn Krikori Narekatswoj , Constantinople 1745–46 (interpretation of the very popular prayers of the Armenian mystic Gregor von Narek (951–1003)).
• Kirk kotschetsyal zen hokewor , Constantinople 1757. ( The Spiritual Weapon : The second and third volumes are a catechism and a hagiography in the Turkish language and Armenian script.).
• Kirk kotschetsyal Kantzaran Dzanutsmants , Constantinople 1758 ( Thesaurus of the Announcements describes the history and geography of selected Anatolian areas).
• Kirk aghotits amenayn andzants harkawor , Constantinople 1760.

literature

• Kevork Pamukciyan: Biyografileriyle Ermeniler , Istanbul 2003, Aras Verlag
• Kevork Pamukciyan: Յակոբ Նալեան Պատրիարք. 1706-1764 [Patriarch Hagop Nalyan. 1706–1764], Istanbul 1981
• Kevork B. Bardakjian: A Reference Guide to Modern Armenian Literature, 1500-1920 , Wayne State University Press, Detroit 2000
• Vahé Oshagan, Literature and intellectual history from 1700 to 1915 , in: The Armenian People. From Ancient To Modern Times, Foreign Dominion To Statehood. , Vol 2, Edited by Richard G. Hovannisian, McMillan 1997
• Garegin Hambardzumyan: The Book of Sirach in the Armenian Biblical Tradition: Yakob Nalean and His Commentary on Sirach (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies 33). De Gruyter, Berlin 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hovhannes IX. Kolot from Bitlis	Patriarch of Constantinople of the Armenian Apostolic Church 1741–1749	Brokhoron I.

predecessor	Office	successor
Kevork I.	Patriarch of Constantinople of the Armenian Apostolic Church 1752–1764	Krikor III. Basmajian