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"I definitely need to visit Artsakh to see the place where my son lived, served and fought," Ms. Hasmik, mother of the April war hero and the holder of Combat Cross of the First Degree Captain Armenak Urfanyan, told panorama.am during the evening in tribute to her son.

She said that she managed to persuade her junior son to take her to Martakert (the place where Armenak lived five years ago) with great difficulty. "I visited the hotel where my son lived and the shop which he had visited every day. I also visited the military regiment, talked to his solders, his sons. When asking how are your servicemen, he replied "my sons are all right"... I saw and talked to some of his servicemen."

Captain's mother has also visited the posts and the trench where his son had heroically fallen. "I hoped that i would find my son in the trench. I was looking for his eyes and smile there: he had lived in that trench for five years."

During the visit of Armenak's mother to Karabakh a documentary film entitled "Mother of the Army" was being shot which premiered at the beginning of the memorial evening. The author of the film is Sona Tonakanyan.

During the interview conducted with Arthur Khachatryan, Armenak Urfanyan's combat friend, he told that he saw Armenak for the last time on 1 April before he left to carry out his military duty.

"He was a good friend and a good captain. He was a role model for us with his courage. Armenak didn't retreat even after he was given an order, he kept the posts till his last breath. Martkert posts have mainly been preserved by Armenak and his three fellow servicemen: Robert Abajyan, Andranik Zohrabyan and Kyaram Sloyan," his friend noted.

Notably the evening had been organized by Javakhk Patriotic Union in cooperation with the RA Defense Ministry.

"Such events in tribute to our fallen solders will be continuous. Due to such events our young generation should know who the genuine hero is," Deputy President of Javakhk Patriotic Union Artush Grigoryan noted.

During the evening singer Masis Hunanyan performed a song dedicated to Armenak Urfanyan.