During the Armenian Genocide , Armash 's Armenian population was rounded up by Ottoman authorities and sent on death marches to Syria . The seminary was looted of its priceless artifacts and the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God was demolished and later replaced with a mosque . According to Vrej Nersessian , a great number of graduates from the monastery who " had become the primates or diocesan bishops in the provinces of Turkish Armenia " also perished during the death marches
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armash, Ottoman Empire