Վաչէ Ղազարեան2026-06-172026-06-172022Ղազարեան, Վ., «Պատառիկներ Վահան Թէքէեանի սաղիմական առաքելութենէն», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2022, 42/1, Պէյրութ, էջ 553-590https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1474Owing to administrative and financial mismanagement, which lingered for more than a decade in the Armenian Brotherhood of St. James in Jerusalem-under Ottoman rule at the time the Armenian National Assembly of Constantinople was compelled to discuss, vote, and adopt new by-laws for the Brotherhood in late 1913. Consequently, in 1914, the Assembly elected Tekeyan as its representative to the Brotherhood, while Malachia Ormanian, the former Patriarch of the Armenians in Turkey, was entrusted with the role of plenipotentiary delegate of the Central National Administration, to travel together to Jerusalem and contribute to the remediation of the situation. When the stance and actions of Ormanian-who had masterfully concealed his opposition to the new by-laws-convinced Tekeyan a true and honest supporter of their implementation that his efforts would remain futile without an intervention, Tekeyan delivered reports to the Assembly outlining the obstacles placed before him and left for Egypt to await further instructions from the Assembly. Meanwhile, Ormanian remained in Jerusalem. Ensuing international developments and the eruption of WWI confined Tekeyan to Egypt, and the mission was tabled. The recently discovered documents presented in this article shed new light on the historic mission and the intentions and actions of Ormanian and Tekeyan. The documents help establish the truth regarding claims that have been in circulation since 1929, when the Brotherhood published Ormanian's account of the mission post mortem, triggering an elaborate response by Tekeyan about the events in 1914, in which he relied on his memory, since these documents were out of his reach at the time.