Today is May 25. This morning we woke up and looked out of the window and saw the Sourp Amenaprgich Church. After breakfast we went to a tank that the Armenians used during the war. While we were on the tank we sang Azad Angakh Artsakh to remember all of the brave fallen heroes. It was amazing how the Artsakh soldiers captured Shushi which was bombing the lower region. The Azeri soldiers were five times the amount of the Artsakh soldiers.
After that we went to Kantzasar monastery, which was built in the 13th century. In this monastery Hovannes Mgrdich’s head was buried. This church was built in memory of Hovannes Mgrdich. The architect that built this monastery used Islamic traditional windows to prevent Muslims attacks on this monastery. During this last of war Azeris launched missals on the church and the missal did not explode because it got stuck in the wall.
Later that afternoon we went to the museum of Nigol Touman. All around this town there were farm animals. When we were walking all of a sudden a black baby goat started to chase us! Nigol Touman was born in 1867. His father was the town priest. Nigol Touman was a very intelligent person. We saw all of the tools they used and how their daily lives were. We also learned about how they survived. At the age of 41 he committed a suicide because he was sick. After, we ate lunch there.
After lunch we went to the hotel to clean up. When we finished showering we went to a restaurant in Stepanagert and we had a great time.
Nina Vosbigian