Saturday, May 30, 2009
This was our first morning we woke up in Karabakh our liberated homeland. Our first stop was at Gandzasar monastry where St. Honhaness Mgrdich’s head resides under the altar. It was called Gandzasar because the mountain was rich with silver and gold.
Gandzasar was built in 1216-1246 by prince Hasen Jalal. During the Karabakh war, it survived the Azeri’s bombing.
On the way back, we past from the village vank where we saw the where the population protested against the Azeri government and remove their car plates and put it on the walls.
Next we went to Nigol Touman’s home museum, where we saw his personal belongings. We saw the pictures and the maps of his struggle against the Turkish ottoman empire.
Next we took pictures in front of the mameeg and babeeg statue, “ menk yenk mer sarerere”, then we visited the rug factory.
Our last visit was with the Armenian forces and hero’s of Karabakh, we saw thier weapons and took pictures with them, they assured us that our homeland is safe and only needs the unity and the support of the Armenian nation.
Varak Mouradian