Malachia Ormanian

Malachia Ormanian (before 1908)

Malachia Ormanian (also Maghakia Ormanean, Armenian Մաղաքիա Օրմանեան Małak'ia Ōrmanean ; born February 11, 1841 in Constantinople , † November 19, 1918 ibid) was 1896-1908 Archbishop and Patriarch of Constantinople of the Armenian Apostolic Church .

Life

Boghos (Պօղոս, "Paulus", baptismal name) Ormanian comes from an Armenian Catholic family, joined the Armenian Antonites, studied in Rome at the Propaganda College from 1851 , became a priest on August 11, 1863 and was a council theologian during the First Vatican Council . On October 28, 1879, he converted to the Armenian Apostolic Church. From 1880 he was a primate ( diocese administrator ) of the Armenians in Erzurum (Armenian: Karin). On June 8, 1886, he was ordained bishop in Vałaršapat ( Etschmiadsin ) and, although an Ottoman citizen, worked there as a professor. From 1888 to 1896 he led the Armenian Theological Seminary in Armash near İzmit . After the forced resignation of Patriarch Matheos III. Izmirlian Ormanian was elected Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople on November 6, 1896 and administered this office until July 10, 1908 , according to some too indulgent towards the Sultan and the Young Turks . He lost his chair under pressure from the Armenian National Assembly, was humiliated and suffered a stroke. Rehabilitated in 1914, he worked for two years in Jerusalem , where it was necessary to occupy the patriarchal chair that he apparently hoped for himself. He was hardly involved in the reorganization of the Armenian religious community in Turkey, which was ordered by the state in 1916, by creating a short-lived “Catholic of Jerusalem”, as it brought an end to his previous position of power. In November 1917 he was deported to Damascus and in May 1918 to Constantinople, where he died a few months later.

Ormanian was the most prominent and influential Armenian clergyman of his time. He left a rich literary, scientific and bibliographical legacy. His ecclesiastical works in particular are still valued today.

Fonts

• Le Vatican et les Arméniens. Confutation de l'opuscule Solution des difficultés soulevées contre la bulle Reversurus . Roma: Bortoli, 1873. ( indexed ).
• L'église arménienne. Son histoire, sa doctrine, son régime, sa discipline, sa liturgie, sa litterature, son présent ; Paris: Leroux 1910; translated from Armenian by Bertrand Bareilles
• The Church of Armenia. Her history, doctrine, rule, discipline, liturgy, literature, and existing condition ; London: Mowbray, 1955 ² ; New York: Vartan Press, 1988 ³ .
• Azgapatum (Ազգապատում, “National History”), 3 volumes; Jerusalem: Tp. S. Jakobean, 1913-1927; 2nd edition: Beirut 1959; New edition Etchmiadzin 2001
• A Dictionary of the Armenian Church ; New York: St. Vartan Press, 1984; Reprint 2006; ISBN 0-934728-12-7
• Dictionary of Rituals (arm.). Erwan: Hayastan Publ., 1992; ISBN 5-540-01482-0