Seyran Shahsuvaryan: four Armenian citizens went to the village of Khachik to meet a friend. Coming back, they lost their way finding themselves in Nakhijevan.

As an Armenian who was born after this grisly period of our history, I often wonder how our forbears managed to sustain their hope, faith and perseverance in the face of such immense suffering and painful adversity, Harry Hagopian writes.