Fishenkjian, Ani2024-08-302024-08-302018Ֆիշենկճեան, Ա., Քամիշլիի Հայ Համայնքը Եւ Ճեզիրէի Հայոց Առաջնորդական Փոխանորդութիւնը (1920-1960ականներ), Սուրիոյ Հայերը. Գիտաժողովի Նիւթեր (24-27 Մայիս 2015), Հրատարակչութիւն Հայկազեան Համալսարանի, Պէյրութ, 2018, էջ 415-434https://doi.org/10.62811/adrc.aos.af.002https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/369The paper details the origins and development of the Armenian Orthodox vice prelacy in Jezire, and the factors that gave birth to its establishment. The author describes the arrival of hundreds of Armenian families from the eastern regions of Turkey, who were persecuted and forced to take refuge on the Syrian side of the border. The paper highlights the efforts of Armenian local and regional lay and religious authorities made to legalize their settlement on Syrian lands, the allocation of arable lands for them to cultivate and make a living and their eventual integration into the tiny local Armenian communities of north-eastern Syria. The author argues that their number necessitated the establishment of a vice-prelacy in the region, particularly after the formation of an Armenian school network and other organizations. The vice-prelacy was established in 1942, at a time when the Armenian population of Jezire was around 35,000. However, soon after, in 1946-47 a significant number of these new settlers were repatriated to Soviet Armenia.