Malachia Ormanian

Malachia Ormanian

Malachia Ormanian (Armenian: Մաղաքիայ Օրմանեան; 11 February 1841—19 November 1918) was the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1896 to 1908. He was also a theologian, historian, and philologist.

Life

Boghos Ormanian (baptismal name), originated from an Armenians Catholic family. He joined the Armenian Catholic Church, then studied in Rome, serving as an Armenian teacher to The Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide and was present at First Vatican Council.[1] In 1879, he left the Armenian Catholic Church and was accepted as a priest in the Armenian Apostolic Church.[2] By 1880, he was Primate of the Armenians in Erzerum. On 8 June 1886, he was arrested in Vagharshapat. From 1888 to 1896 he was head of the Armenian Seminary of Armash near Izmit, following the forced resignation of Patriarch Matheos III.[3]

Ormanian was elected as Patriarch of Constantinople, of the Armenian Orthodox Church, on 6 November 1896. He was removed due to pressure from the Armenian Assembly and suffered a stroke. Following his rehabilitation, he worked for 2 years in Jerusalem, where the Patriarch chair was vacant, apparently hoping for the appointment. In November 1917 he was deported to Damascus and by May 1918 moved to Constantinople, where he died a few months later.

Writings

References

  1. Murphy, Francesco Aran, Ecumenism Today, (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2008), 139.
  2. Murphy, Francesco Aran, Ecumenism Today, 139.
  3. Kostandyan, E. (2012). "Մաղաքիա Օրմանյանի գործունեությունը Էջմիածնի Գևորգյան ճեմարանում և Արմաշի դպրեվանքում (1887-1896 թթ.) [Maghakia Ormanyan’s Work in Gevorgian Theological Academy in Echmidazin and in the Seminary of Armash (1887-1896)]". Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri (in Armenian) (Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences) (2-3): 14–31. ISSN 0320-8117.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Matdeos II
Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
18961908
Succeeded by
Yeghishe Tourian