Armenpress: President offers congratulations on Vanadzor Day

President offers congratulations on Vanadzor Day

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 11:00,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, ARMENPRESS. President Armen Sarkissian has offered congratulations on Vanadzor Dzor, the President’s Office said.

“Dear residents of Vanadzor,

Guests of Vanadzor and admirers of Vanadzor,

I cordially congratulate you all on the occasion of Vanadzor Day.

Lori is a splendid textbook for learning about our native land, while Vanadzor is one of its most significant and beautiful pages. But its greatest treasure, salt of the earth are the people, with the deep simplicity and simple depth of the residents of Lori, amalgamated with the nature and in harmony with the nature. I know it firsthand because I have been in touch with Lori Dzor since my childhood, with the marvelous world of Gugarats, with the world pictured the Great Man of Lori, “close to God, to starts, to the Moon, to earthy bounty and mysteries.” My best memories are with me even today.

Dear people of Vanadzor,

Each of you in his or her own way is linked strongly to your city. A city which is the birthplace for one, native home for others, both of these for others, hospitable place for some, resort for others…The list goes on and one because Vanadzor has many assets.

Each of you is its unique extension, its reflection, its spirit, and wealth. Get enriched with Vanadzor and enrich Vanadzor with you, with ideas, notions, with dreams which may seem unreachable at the first sight but which because of you very soon can become visible and develop your native city and country.

I congratulate you all.

Happy Birthday, Vanadzor!”

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS