Elias was ordained priest in 1892 by Peter IV , and during the Massacres of Diyarbakır in 1895 , Elias gave refuge to approximately 7000 Armenian refugees in the Monastery of Mor Quryaqos . After this , Elias was appointed Chief of the Monastery of Mor Quryaqos and Monastery of Mor Hananyo . In 1908 , Elias was consecrated bishop of Amid by Patriarch Ignatius Abded Aloho II , upon which he took the name Iwanius
Massacres of Diyarbakır
Massacres of Diyarbakır (1895)
Ignatius Elias III