The Melkonian Institution was created as an orphanage in the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 – 1923 . Zaven Patriarch of Constantinople was the first director of this institution , who in April 1926 undertook the heavy task of traveling and collecting over 300 orphans , boys and girls , amongst thousands of children left destitute on the plains of Eastern Anatolia and in the neighboring countries as a result of the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Melkonian Educational Institute