Malachia Ormanian

Boghos Ormanian (baptismal name), originated from an Armenian Catholic family.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, following the forced resignation of his predecessor by the Ottoman authorities.Following his rehabilitation, he worked for 2 years in Jerusalem, where the Patriarch chair was vacant, apparently hoping for the appointment.Ormanian is best remembered for his history of the Armenian Church, which Vrej 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.