In 1895 , he traveled to Saint Petersburg to meet the Russian Tsar Nicholas II to request the implementation of reforms in the Ottoman Empire 's Armenian provinces . During the Hamidian massacres of 1894 – 96 , Khrimian provided material assistance to the Armenian refugees . Among his other accomplishments were the renovations of numerous ancient monasteries and churches
Hamidian massacres
Hamidian massacres
Mkrtich Khrimian