Encyclicals, Circulars, and Appeals of Patriarch Zaven of Constantinople (1913-1922)
Malhasyan, Silvart · 2025
Patriarch Zaven twice occupied the Armenian Patriarchal throne of Constantinople, and both terms fell in the worst years the Western Armenians ever faced. Malhasyan studies his encyclicals, circulars and public appeals as instruments of national leadership: convening assemblies, encouraging benevolent institutions, and directing the work needed to defend the nation's interests and repair the damage done to the people. The study spans 1913 to 1922, covering the Genocide years and the post-Mudros period of attempted recovery.
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Malhasyan, Silvart 2025. Encyclicals, Circulars, and Appeals of Patriarch Zaven of Constantinople (1913-1922). Fundamental Armenology, Issue 2(22) 2025, History (National Academy of Sciences of RA / All Armenian Foundation Financing Armenological Studies); ISSN 1829-4618.
What this offers a reader
Church documents read as political history: how an institution led a people through catastrophe.
Treats ecclesiastical encyclicals as primary evidence for institutional response to the Genocide.
What our Patriarch actually wrote to the flock while it was being destroyed.
The letters an Armenian Patriarch sent his people during the Genocide.
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