The man who called the editorial office a few days ago introduced himself like this.
“I am the father of the participant of the Artsakh war, senior lieutenant Davit Hovhannisyan.

On March 31, on the same day as Artsakh hero Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, Karo Kebabjian, the founder-president of the International Academy of Armenian Black Belts and the official representative of Nagorno Karabakh in the Middle East, passed away.

Until five days ago, before learning the trade of a shoemaker, we studied the trade of a soldier, long before wearing the cloak of an academician, we wore the uniform of a soldier, we took a military oath long before we took the presidential oath.

“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (Mark 4: 9) He who has a heart, will summarize in his soul the living message of Deacon Narek, which is the example of his whole life…

It was September 25, before visiting the military unit, and I asked the deputy commander for moral and psychological support to ask several good soldiers to write their views on independence for publication in the Hay Zinvor.

This photo of junior sergeant Karo Poghosyan quickly spread on the Internet during the hottest days of the war and became one of the strong but peaceful symbols of the Armenian military.

Grisha Azatyan was born and raised in the border village of Berdavan, Tavush region. After graduating from high school he was enrolled in the YSU, Faculty of Radiophysics. In 2019, he was drafted on July 10.