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Հիմնարար հայագիտություն=Fundamental Armenology
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Encyclicals, Circulars, And Appeals Of Patriarch Zaven Of Constantinople (1913-1922)
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Patriarch Zaven ; Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople ; encyclical ; circular ; appeals ; Armenians of Constantinople ; Mudros Armistice
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who twice ascended the age-old Patriarchal throne of the Armenians of Constantinople1, is one of the first students consecrated by the Armash Theological Seminary. Both periods of his tenure coincided with the most difficult years for the Western Armenians. As he himself attested in his memoirs, there had been no occupant among the Patriarchs of Constantinople who, like him, “had such a changeable fate and had seen days of glory and downfall”.2 Patriarch Zaven, both during his days as a provincial primate and during his two patriarchal periods, was always conscientiously devoted to the people. His foremost goals were the defense of the nation’s interests and the healing of the wounds of the suffering people. To achieve these goals, the Patriarch rallied all the national forces around him, making efforts to convene meetings, encouraging the formation of benevolent institutions, and publishing encyclicals and circulars, and directing appeals that explained the necessary work for the resolution of these issues.