He was the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1909 – 10 . Then moved to Jerusalem where he was consecrated as Patriarch . He engaged in vast educational reform and in 1925 , established a unified elementary school to accommodate the growing number of children in the community . He also modernized the curriculum of the Armenian Seminary and acquiring highly qualified instructors from the cadre of talented teachers and educators who had come to Jerusalem as refugees after the Armenian Genocide . In 1929 , the unified elementary school officially opened its doors . By consolidating disparate locations , including the St. Gayane Girls ' School , this new elementary school became the primary Armenian co-educational institution in the Holy Land and was renamed " School of the Holy Translators " ( in Armenian " Serpots Tarkmantchats Varjaran " )
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Yeghishe Tourian of Jerusalem