In 1893 he founded the Abovian-Nazarian Fund for writers in financial need. After his retirement in 1898 he created a committee in Moscow to organize the care and education of children orphaned because of the Hamidian massacres.
He initiated the Abovian-Nazarian Fund for struggling writers in 1893, which was later supplemented by a committee in Moscow that provided for the upbringing and education of youngsters who had lost their families as a result of the Hamidian massacres after his retirement in 1898.