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“[Aramayis] was always saying that he would give his life to the motherland. And so he did,” Lieutenant Colonel Aram Arushanyan’s wife, Mrs Ellada Dadanyan told the journalists.

The Lieutenant Colonel, 44, who was also awarded with the second-class Order of Combat Cross, died on the night of April 25-26 on the Line of Contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan leaving behind his wife and four children.

He’s been in service since the 1990s. He was an artilleryman.
According to Arushanyan’s wife, his mind was always with the soldiers.

“It was the night of April 23. The adversary was shelling Martakert. I called him to tell I was scared with the children in my arms. I asked him what to do. He told me not to be scared, to go into the house and wait for him. I’m waiting,” she added.

Lilit Avagyan, the mother of Aramayis Mikayelyan, 20 is looking for her son everywhere, she sees him in every soldier.

She’s still searching for him. Aramayis Mikayelyan died on April 4 in Jabrayil district during the military operations unleashed by Azerbaijan.

Along with others Lilit Avagyan was there to receive the posthumous award of her son.

“All my feelings are intertwined. I’m confused, hurt and in deep distress, in the meantime I’m proud to have raised such a man. That’s my only consolation. I’ve raised a hero,” she said.

Aramayis Mikayelyan was a sculptor. So his mother wants to organize an exhibition dedicated to the 20th anniversary of her son. “I’ll do everything to keep his memory alive”.

To remind, today, on the occasion of the Republic Day President Serzh Sargsyan handed to the family members of the servicemen who died in year 2016 in combat and non-combat conditions, volunteers, members of the home guard and reservists the highest state decorations which have been awarded posthumously to the modern day heroes who fell valiantly while executing their patriotic duties.