 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Erukhan akadzokera kuConstantinople muna 1908, kwaakava mukuru wechikoro chake chekare: Central College. Makore mashanu gare gare, akatamira kuKharberd Nor Kyurin Armenian kwaakatora basa rekutungamira muchikoro chemuno. Musi waApril 24, 1915 ndiwo wakatanga kuurayiwa kwevanhu vechiArmenian.Erukhan, pamwe chete nomupristi, vakasungwa ndokukandwa mutorongo nguva pfupi pashure pezuva iroro. Vakatambudzwa kwamazuva akawanda, pashure pacho vakasungwa necheni ndokuitwa kuti vafambe mumigwagwa yeKharberd. Varwi veTurkey vakavadzungaira kunze kweguta ndokupfura Erukhan nomuprista. Mudzimai wake navana vaviri vakaurawa mukufamba kworufu kunotungamirira kuDeir ez-Zor. 