During his youth along with a number of other Armenians, Ori looked for support among the European powers in the fight of Armenians against the Persian and Ottoman Empires. As one of the members of a seven-man delegation created by Catholicos Jacob IV and the support of Georgian King George XI he visited Constantinople in 1678.
While young, Ori searched for help from European nations during the Armenian battle against Persia and the Ottoman Empire. He was part of a seven-member delegation led by Catholicos Jacob IV and supported by Georgian King George XI, which arrived in Constantinople in 1678.