page_title: Mkrtich Khrimian
section_title: Publications
hierarchical_section_title: Mkrtich Khrimian / Publications
context_page_description: Mkrtich Khrimian was an Armenian Apostolic Church leader, educator, and publisher who served as Catholicos of All Armenians from 1893 to 1907. During this period he was known as Mkrtich I of Van.
  A native of Van, one of the largest cities in Turkish Armenia, Khrimian became a celibate priest in 1854 after the death of his wife and daughter. In the 1850s and 1860s he served as the abbot of two important monasteries in Turkish Armenia: Varagavank near Van and Surb Karapet Monastery near Mush. During this period he established schools and journals in both monasteries. He served as Patriarch of Constantinople—the most influential figure within the Ottoman Armenian community—from 1869 to 1873 and resigned due to pressure from the Ottoman government which saw him as a threat. He was the head of the Armenian delegation at the 1878 Congress of Berlin. Returning from Europe, he encouraged Armenian peasants to follow the example of Christian Balkan peoples by launching an armed struggle for autonomy or independence from the Ottoman Turks.
  Between 1879 and 1885 he served as prelate of Van, after which he was forced into exile to Jerusalem.
context_section_description: Khrimian authored essays and books. His most notable works are the following:
  1850: Հրաւիրակ Արարատեան, Hravirak Araratian (Convoker to Ararat): "a verse essay in classical Armenian in which he assumes the role of guide and leads a group of youths though the history and geography of the ancestral homeland, extolling its ancient glories and exquisite beauty in an attempt to instill a love and passion for the mother country in the young generation"
  1851: Հրաւիրակ երկրին աւետեաց, Hravirak yerkrin avetiatz (Convoker to the Promised Land): "a similar verse essay published after a trip to the Holy Land in which he leads youths on a tour of the holy sites, teaching them the essence of Christianity as they go."
  1876: Խաչի ճառը, Khachi char (Discourse on the Cross)
  1876: Ժամանակ եւ խորհուրդ իւր, Zhamanak yev khorhurd yur (Time and its mystery)
  1876: Դրախտի ընտանիք, Drakhti entanik (The family of paradise)
  1878: Սիրաք եւ Սամուէլ, Sirak yev Samuel: "a treatise on child education"
  1894: Պապիկ եւ թոռնիկ, Papik yev tornik (Grandfather and grandson): Agop Jack Hacikyan et al. consider it his best work.
  1900: Թագաւորաց ժողով, Tagavorats zhoghov (The meeting of kings)
  1901: Վերջալոյսի ձայներ, Verjaluysi dzayner (Sounds of twilight): a collection of poetry
caption: Khrimian Hayrik near Etchmiadzin, Ivan Aivazovsky, 1895, Aivazovsky National Art Gallery, Feodosia.
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