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Malachia Ormanian (Armenian:Մաղաքիա Օրմանեան,romanized: Maghak’ia Ormanean; 11 February 1841 – 19 November 1918) was theArmenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1896 to 1908. He was also a theologian, historian, and philologist.

Boghos Ormanian (baptismal name), originated from anArmenianCatholic family. He joined theArmenian Catholic Church, then studied inRome, serving as an Armenian teacher to The Sacred Congregationde Propaganda Fide and was present atFirst Vatican Council.^[1] In 1879, he left the Armenian Catholic Church and was accepted as a priest in theArmenian Apostolic Church.^[2] By 1880, he was Primate of the Armenians inErzerum. On 8 June 1886, he was arrested inVagharshapat. From 1888 to 1896, he was head of the Armenian Seminary ofArmash nearIzmit, 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, following the forced resignation of his predecessor by the Ottoman authorities. In January 1903 he was wounded in the shoulder in an attack by an assailant during mass.^[4] He was removed in 1908 due to pressure from the Armenian Assembly and suffered astroke. Following his rehabilitation, he worked for 2 years inJerusalem, where the Patriarch chair was vacant, apparently hoping for the appointment. In November 1917, he was deported toDamascus and by May 1918 moved to Constantinople, where he died a few months later.

Ormanian is best remembered for his history of the Armenian Church, whichVrej Nersessian described as "the most authoritative history of the Church of Armenia [...] characterized not only by extensive and accurate knowledge but by a sympathetic understanding of contrasting and different points of view, and by genuine religious insight."^[5]

• Hayotsʻ ekeghetsʻin : ew ir patmutʻiwnĕ, vardapetutʻiwnĕ, araroghutʻiwnĕ, grakanutʻiwnĕ, u nerkay katsʻutʻiwnĕՀայոց եկեղեցին եւ իր պատմութիւնը, վարդապետութիւնը, վարչութիւնը, բարեկարգութիւնը, արարողութիւնը, գրականութիւն, ու ներկայ կացութիւնը (in Armenian). Constantinople. 1911.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (View online.)
  • English publication:The Church of Armenia: her history, doctrine, rule, discipline, liturgy, literature, and existing condition. 1st ed. Oxford (view online), 2nd. ed. Mowbray, London 1955; 3. ed Mowbray, London 1955; 3rd ed. St. Vartan Press, New York 1988. ed St. Vartan Press, New York 1988.
• Azgapatum (Ազգապատում, "National History"). 3 Bde., Tp. S. Jakobean, Jerusalem 1913-27, 2. 3 vols, Tp. P. Jakobean, Jerusalem 1913-27, 2 Aufl. Beirut 1959, Neuauflage Etschmiadsin 2001 Aufl Beirut in 1959, reprint Etschmiadsin 2001
• Ծիսական Բառարան, Մաղաքիա արքեպիսկոպոս Օրմանեան։ Կաթողիկոսութիւն Հայոց Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ, Անթիլիաս, 1979։
• A Dictionary of the Armenian Church. St. A Dictionary of the Armenian Church. St. Vartan Press, New York 1984 (Nachdruck 2006).ISBN 0-934728-12-7 Vartan Press, New York 1984 (reprint 2006).ISBN 0-934728-12-7
• Dictionary of Rituals (arm.). Hayastan Publ., Yerevan 1992.ISBN 5-540-01482-0

• Works by or about Malachia Ormanian at theInternet Archive

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