In Constantinople, he published a series of textbooks for the teaching of Armenian (Ընթացք ի գրոց բարբառ), with first volume in 1880 and second volume in 1883, Select Sayings of Noted Foreigners (Ընտիր ասացվածք օտարազգի նշանավոր անձանց, 1882), History of Armenian Literature (Պատմություն հայ մատենագրության, 1885).

In 1909 he published his poems, and regularly contributed to Armenian Studies in various publication under the nom de plume Hovvakan Sring ('Pastoral Reed').

He engaged in vast educational reform and in 1925, established a unified elementary school to accommodate the growing number of children in the community.

His collections and writings were published in Jerusalem in a multi-volume series by "Matenashar Tourian" dedicated to his name.

[2] Torkom Koushagian wrote a lengthy study about his legacy first in a series in Cairo Armenian daily Arev and later in a separate publication in Jerusalem.