After his return from Germany , Karekin was ordained a celibate priest in Etchmiadzin . In 1917 he was ordained bishop , Until the outbreak of the First World War , he held a number of teaching and administrative positions within the jurisdiction of the Holy See , in Etchmiadzin , Yerevan , and Tbilisi ; he was , at different times , head of the Echdmiazin library , Dean of the Gevorgian Seminary , and editor of the Catholicosate 's journal , '' Ararat '' . Following the mass influx of refugees , escaping the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1916 , he chaired the Commission of Brotherly Assistance , which looked after the fleeing orphans
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Karekin I (Cilicia)