Yeghishe Tourian ( hy, Եղիշե Դուրյան; 23 February 1860 – 27 April 1930) was

Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem In 638, the Armenian Apostolic Church began appointing its own bishop in Jerusalem, generally known as the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. The office has continued, with some interruptions, down to this day. The bishop at the Armenian Patri ...

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from 1921 to 1929. He took over the position after the patriarchate position remained vacant for 11 years (1910–1921). Born in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

in the district of Uskudar as Mihran Tourian, he was the younger brother of Western Armenian poet and playwright

Bedros Tourian Bedros Tourian (Armenian: in TAO Պետրոս Դուրեան, in RAO Պետրոս Դուրյան) (1851–1872) was a Western Armenian poet, playwright and actor. Biography Bedros Tourian (alternate spelling: Petros Duryan) was born to a povert ...

. He was a staunch believer in education. In Constantinople, he published a series of textbooks for teaching of Armenian ', with first volume in 1880 and second volume in 1883, ' (1882), ' (1885). In 1909 he published his poems, and regularly contributed to Armenological studies in various publication under the title '. He was the

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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

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. 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

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and was renamed "School of the Holy Translators" (in Armenian "Serpots Tarkmantchats Varjaran"). Starting 1927, he resumed the publication of ''

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'' ( hy, Սիոն) as the official organ of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. His collections and writings were published in Jerusalem in a multi-volume series by "Matenashar Tourian" dedicated to his name. It also contained some of his poems under the title ''Srpazan Knar'' (). He was appointed honorary

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(KBE) in the British

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. Patriarch Torkom Koushagian wrote a lengthy study about his legacy first in a series in Egyptian Armenian daily ''

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'' and later in a separate publication in Jerusalem. Yeghishe Tourian was succeeded by Patriarch

Torkom Koushagian Patriarch Torkom Koushagian (in Armenian Թորգոմ Գուշակեան) (27 December 1874 – 10 February 1939) was Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem serving the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem from 1931 to 1939. He was born Mgrdich Koushagian ...

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People from Üsküdar Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem 19th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century poets from the Ottoman Empire Armenian-language writers 1860 births 1930 deaths Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople Armenian Oriental Orthodox Christians Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century Oriental Orthodox bishops Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire {{Armenia-reli-bio-stub