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Aleppo-Armenian Vruyr Bilemjyan's thoughts are with Syria; ``We hope
we will return one day''
11:09 29/12/2012 » SOCIETY
Aleppo-Armenian Vruyr Bilemjyan arrived in Armenia on August 14 this
year as a `tourist', but he was urged to stay in Armenia because of
the confrontation in Syria. Now he studies at Yerevan State Medical
University after Mkhitar Heratsi, and is a second year student at
Pharmaceuticals department. Panorama.am had an interview with Vruyr.
- What is the situation in Aleppo now? What do your relatives and friends say?
- Most of them are in Armenia or Beirut now. And those who remained
there say that the situation worsens. There is no flicker for
optimism. I think that conflict will not get a solution for a long
time.
- Don't you advise your friend and relatives who are in Syria to come
to Armenia?
- Every person has his own business, his home, family. It's hard to
leave everything and to come here. Our thoughts are with Syria,
however. We hope that we will return to Aleppo one day as our ties are
there. When we were there we used to think that we will return to
Armenia one day and will live here forever. But everything happened so
quickly; the conditions urged.
- How did you use to see the New Year in Aleppo?
- We used to gather in the canteen on New Year day. We all prayed at
12 o'clock, then danced and sang till the morning, celebrated
gorgeously. We were also putting tables at home. There were families
who used to see the New Year at homes organizing family meetings and
fests.
- What about your Arab friends? Did they know what the Christians are
celebrating?
- Sure they knew. On that day we were decorating some districts of
Aleppo with lights. It was very beautiful. Arabs used to come out of
their homes at night and enjoyed that beauty.
- How will you celebrate it here?
- At the restaurant.
- Would you prefer to see the 2013 in Aleppo?
- It's a difficult question. I think it will be happier and better
here, the thing is that we don't have too many friends here.
- What would you wish for the Armenians that are in Syria now?
- Let the God help them and not leave them in worse conditions. I hope
everything will end very soon.
- What would you ask from Santa Claus?
- Peace, health and success to people.
Source: Panorama.am
we will return one day''
11:09 29/12/2012 » SOCIETY
Aleppo-Armenian Vruyr Bilemjyan arrived in Armenia on August 14 this
year as a `tourist', but he was urged to stay in Armenia because of
the confrontation in Syria. Now he studies at Yerevan State Medical
University after Mkhitar Heratsi, and is a second year student at
Pharmaceuticals department. Panorama.am had an interview with Vruyr.
- What is the situation in Aleppo now? What do your relatives and friends say?
- Most of them are in Armenia or Beirut now. And those who remained
there say that the situation worsens. There is no flicker for
optimism. I think that conflict will not get a solution for a long
time.
- Don't you advise your friend and relatives who are in Syria to come
to Armenia?
- Every person has his own business, his home, family. It's hard to
leave everything and to come here. Our thoughts are with Syria,
however. We hope that we will return to Aleppo one day as our ties are
there. When we were there we used to think that we will return to
Armenia one day and will live here forever. But everything happened so
quickly; the conditions urged.
- How did you use to see the New Year in Aleppo?
- We used to gather in the canteen on New Year day. We all prayed at
12 o'clock, then danced and sang till the morning, celebrated
gorgeously. We were also putting tables at home. There were families
who used to see the New Year at homes organizing family meetings and
fests.
- What about your Arab friends? Did they know what the Christians are
celebrating?
- Sure they knew. On that day we were decorating some districts of
Aleppo with lights. It was very beautiful. Arabs used to come out of
their homes at night and enjoyed that beauty.
- How will you celebrate it here?
- At the restaurant.
- Would you prefer to see the 2013 in Aleppo?
- It's a difficult question. I think it will be happier and better
here, the thing is that we don't have too many friends here.
- What would you wish for the Armenians that are in Syria now?
- Let the God help them and not leave them in worse conditions. I hope
everything will end very soon.
- What would you ask from Santa Claus?
- Peace, health and success to people.
Source: Panorama.am