Career

Born in Constantinople, Hovhannes Arsharuni attended the Galatasaray High School. He taught at the local Armenian schools and was ordained as a cleric of the Armenian church in 1879. He was ordained archbishop in 1899.

He became Patriarch in 1911 and was forced to resign in 1913.

He died on January 21, 1929 and is buried at the Şişli Armenian Cemetery.