Aren’s paintings are on the walls of the Malakyans’ house in Margahovit village of Lori region.
19-year-old Aren Malakyan is one of the soldiers who died in one a position of Vardenis as a result of the armed aggression of Azerbaijan on September 13. 206 Armenian servicemen are considered dead and missing as a result of the three-day short battles.
“Armenia lost a great artist,” said his sister, Mane Zulalyan, while presenting Aren’s paintings.
“He was constantly drawing war heroes, and now he is gone…”, the sister cries. Mane says he can’t find words to describe the love he has for Aren and the void left by his brother’s death. According to Mane, the brother had a chosen one, he fell in love, but he did not tell the girl about his feelings. “I kept saying, ‘Why don’t you tell her about your feelings?’, he said, ‘this is not the place for me to confess my love to someone, because I don’t know what will happen to me in the next moment’, and … the worst happened.’
Hasmik Hambardzumyan