His major work is Badarak ( Divine Liturgy ) , still used today as one of the two most popular musical settings of the Armenian Church liturgy or mass , which he started composing in 1892 but never completely finished due to the upcoming World War I. For the basis of the work , he took chants sung by the eldest priests and upgraded it with typical ( `` cleaned '' of foreign influences ) Armenian music elements from his collected material .
His major work is Badarak ( Divine Liturgy ) , still used today as one of the two most popular musical settings of the Armenian Church liturgy .