Zeitun Resistance, 1895
His plans to return to his hometown after graduating came to a halt when massacres and conflict began in Zeitun. He left hist studies to aid his compatriots in Zeitun. He soon found himself in Geneva where he became an activist alongside his friends. He was sent to Egypt to assist the Zeitun Resistance. With Sarkis Srentz, Haik Thirakian (who assumed the name Hratch), Max Zevrouz, he left Egypt and returned to the Ottoman Empire to participate the efforts of the ARF. It was around this time that Karekin Pastermadjian first assumed the name Armen Karo.
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